Information About

Summit Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Summit Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 37' 52.77" N,
149 ° 30' 27.774" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Cooper Landing

Elevation

1325 ft (403.86 m)

Summit Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula, along Canyon Creek, 34 mi. N of Seward, Chugach Mts. 258 acres in size. Maximum depth is 70 feet. Volume is 10,729 acre feet. Shoreline length is 3.3 miles.

History

Local name reported in 1912 by Grant and Higgins (1913, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name derived from nearby Summit Creek.

Topo Maps

Seward C-7 (1951), Seward C-7 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward C-7 (1953), Seward C-7 (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward C-7 (1994),
Places Near Summit Lake
Capes:

Crown Point,

Dams:

Jerome Lake Dam, Roycroft Lake Dam,

Lakes:

Carter Lake, Crescent Lake, Jerome Lake, Lower Summit Lake, Lower Trail Lake, Summit Lake, Tern Lake, Upper Trail Lake, Vagt Lake,

Locales:

Summit Lake Ski Area,

Mountains:

Gilpatrick Mountain, L V Ray Peak, Mount Madson, Manitoba Mountain, Right Mountain, Wrong Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Devils Pass, Moose Pass, Resurrection Pass,

Peaks:

Double Top North, El Tercero, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fresno Benchmark, Hale-Bopp, Inspector Peak, John Mountain, Nebraska, Northwest Gilpatrick Mountain, Silvertip, South Gilpatrick Mountain, Spirit Walker, The Engine, The Tender, Utah, Wyoming,

Ridges:

Roaring Ridge, Tenderfoot Ridge,

Routes:

Butch, Colorado, Frenchy, Fresno, John, Lonestar, Middle Gilpatrick, Moose, North Gilpatrick, Raven Ridge, South Gilpatrick, Spirit Walker, Summit, Templeton, Tri-Tip, Tributary, Wilson North, Wilson South,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Beaver Creek, Black Creek, Block Creek, Bonanza Creek, Butcher Creek, Cannonball Creek, Canyon Creek, Caribou Creek, Carter Creek, Clinton Creek, Colorado Creek, Crescent Creek, Daves Creek, Devils Creek, Donaldson Creek, Dry Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Fox Creek, Frenchy Creek, Fresno Creek, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Gulch Creek, Henry Creek, Highland Creek, Island Creek, Johns Creek, Johnson Creek, Juneau Creek, Lynx Creek, Mills Creek, Moose Creek, Moose Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Ohio Creek, Old Woman Creek, Pass Creek, Pass Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Silvertip Creek, Slate Creek, Stevenson Creek, Stormy Creek, Summit Creek, Tenderfoot Creek, Timberline Creek, Trail Creek, Tributary Creek, Weber Creek, White Creek, Willow Creek, Wilson Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Carter Lake Trail, Crescent Creek Trail, Crescent Lake Trail, Devils Pass Trail, Grant Lake Trail, Ptarmigan Creek Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Crown Point, Dahl, Falls, Gilpatricks, Moose Pass, Silvertip, Wibel,