Location

• Latitude: 61.608704
• Longitude: -149.263784
• USGS Map: ANCHORAGE C-7
• Elevation (m): 103
• MTRS: S018N001E34

  MTRS Details

  • Meridian: S
  • Township: 018N
  • Range: 001E
  • Section: 34

  Meridians in Alaska

  • Copper River Meridian (C)
  • Kateel River Meridian (K)
  • Fairbanks Meridian (F)
  • Seward Meridian (S)
  • Umiat Meridian (U)

• Management Area: Mat-Su (Knik Arm)

Access

• Latitude: 61.608704
• Longitude: -149.263784

• Directions: Mile 41.8 Glenn Hwy. East on Palmer-Wasilla Hwy 4 miles to Trunk Rd. Right on Trunk Rd 1.1 miles to Bogard Rd. Left on Bogard Rd. 0.7 mile to Finger Lake State Recreation Site. Left on gravel road 0.2 mile to lake and campground with picnic tables, toilet facilities and developed boat launch. Fees required for camping and launching. NOTE: Public access is limited to Finger Lake State Recreation Site. The majority of lake shoreline is privately owned. Please respect private property.

• Improvements:
  • parking
  • boat launch
• Notes: Constructed handicapped dock, double wide boat launch and new boat dock with Fed Aid money in 2001.
• Status: State Rec. Site

Lake Characteristics

• Surface Area (ha): 146.5
• Bathymetric Map: Finger Lake bathymetric.png
• Finger.gif
• Finger Lake Vegetation Density.png

• Lake Category: Landlocked
• Maximum Depth (m): 13.4

• Most Recent Survey Date: 4/16/2024
• Most Recent Survey Notes: Finger Lake is landlocked from Cottonwood Creek, but there is a small, shallow, creek that runs to a landlocked pond. There have been reports since 1997, of Northern pike, but none were captured in 2005 netting. Lake size and area data date unknown. Lake category entered 4/16/2024. Northern pike were captured in a May 2024 survey.

Download Linked Documents

• Finger Lake Site Evaluation.pdf