Fish Lake

Fish Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Fish Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Fish Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 58.65193, -137.63397. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Fish Lake

• Lituya Bay · beach · Unorganized Borough · ~4 km · Must-see
• Lituya Glacier · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lituya Glacier · viewpoint · Sitka · ~18 km · Must-see
• North Crillon Glacier · viewpoint · Sitka · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lituya Mountain · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mount Wilbur · viewpoint · Sitka · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mount Wilbur · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~26 km · Must-see
• Fairweather Glacier · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~27 km · Must-see
• Fairweather Glacier · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~28 km · Must-see
• Mount Orville · viewpoint · Sitka · ~29 km · Must-see
• La-Pérouse Glacier · viewpoint · Sitka · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mount Salisbury · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mount Crillon · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mount Salisbury · viewpoint · Sitka · ~33 km · Must-see
• Dagelet Glacier · viewpoint · Sitka · ~34 km · Must-see
• Johns Hopkins Glacier · viewpoint · Sitka · ~35 km · Must-see
• Mount Fairweather · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~36 km · Must-see
• Mount Quincy Adams · viewpoint · Sitka · ~38 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Fish Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Fish Lake

• Abyss Lake · lake · Juneau · ~76 km · Must-see
• North Deception Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~72 km
• South Deception Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~74 km
• North Trick Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~77 km
• South Trick Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~79 km
• Wood Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~84 km
• Harlequin Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~144 km
• Grassy Pond · lake · Sitka · ~19 km
• Crillon Lake · lake · Sitka · ~22 km
• North Deception Lake · lake · Sitka · ~72 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Sitka

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