Information About

Grouse Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Grouse Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 46' 33.726" N,
150 ° 17' 12.264" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Cooper Landing

Elevation

266 ft (81.08 m)

Grouse Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula, 2.3 mi. SE of King Lake and 36 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. 1.5 mile long.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Willow Ptarmigan or Snow Grouse (Lagopus lagopus lagopus), which breeds in northern Alaska and winters only as far south as Sitka and the Aleutian Island (Pearson, 1944, pt. 2 p. 20).