Information About

Killdeer Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Killdeer Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 42' 56.488" N,
151 ° 1' 52.396" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Soldotna

Length

0.6 mi (0.97 km)

Elevation

98 ft (29.87 m)

Killdeer Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula between Plover and Shadura Lakes, 13 mi. NE of Kenai; Cook Inlet Low.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Killdeer or Noisy Plover (Oxyechus vociferus), a shore bird, "which makes itself exceedingly useful by destroying great quantities of noxious insects (notably mosquitoes)" (in Pearson, 1944, pt. 1, p. 261).

Topo Maps

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Places Near Killdeer Lake
Bars:

Jumbo Rock,

Bays:

Big Eddy Hole, Number Three Bay,

Cliffs:

Gray Cliff,

Islands:

Eagle Rock,

Lakes:

Akula Lake, Beaver Lake, Bishop Lake, Boundary Lake, Calf Lake, Cecille Lake, Chickadee Lake, Cisca Lake, Cow Lake, Crane Lake, Daniels Lake, Derks Lake, Donkey Lake, Doroshin Lake, Douglas Lake, Dunlin Lake, Eagle Lake, East Finger Lake, Eevook Lake, Ermine Lake, Every Lake, Finger Lake, Finger Lakes, Flat Lake, Forest Lake, Gagara Lake, Georgina Lake, Gooseneck Lake, Gull Lake, Hungry Lake, Lake Ivanoff, Killdeer Lake, Kivi Lake, Konova Lake, Konovalof Lake, Lili Lake, Longmere Lake, Loon Lake, Mackeys Lakes, Marie Lake, Middle Finger Lake, Mink Creek Lake, Lake Ootka, Plover Lake, Puppy Dog Lake, Quake Lake, Rhode Lake, Scaup Lake, Scout Lake, Sevena Lake, Shadura Lake, Snipe Lake, South Finger Lake, Spirit Lake, Sports Lake, Stormy Lake, Suneva Lake, Sunken Island Lake, Tern Lake, Timberlost Lake, Tirmore Lake, Tree Lake, Union Lake, West Finger Lake, West Forest Lake, West Lake, West Lili Lake, Whisper Lake, Wolf Lake, Woodpecker Lake,

Parks:

Scout Lake State Recreation Site,

Rivers:

Swanson River,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Bishop Creek, Otter Creek,

Cities:

Peninsula Park Estates, Ridgeway,