Information About

Big Bend Lakes

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Big Bend Lakes on The Map

Location

61 ° 12' 9" N,
142 ° 16' 57" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

3533 ft (1076.86 m)

Big Bend Lakes in Detail.

About

on Young and Canyon Creeks divide, drain E to Canyon Creek, 5 mi. N of its junction with Chitina River and 27 mi. SE of Mccarthy, St. Elias Mts.;

History

Local name; reported in 1959 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy A-4 (1959), McCarthy A-4 (1959), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy A-4 (1994), McCarthy A-4 NE (2017),
Places Near Big Bend Lakes
Glaciers:

Rex Glacier, Twaharpies Glacier,

Islands:

Bear Island,

Lakes:

Big Bend Lakes,

Mine:

Binocular Prospect, Erickson Prospect,

Mountains:

Andrus Peak, Bryson Bar, Gibraltar Hill, Mount Holmes, Joshua Green Peak, Nikolai Butte, Pyramid Peak,

Parks:

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park,

Mountain Passes:

Hancock Pass,

Ridges:

Lime Butte,

Rivers:

East Fork Kiagna River,

Streams:

Bearhole Creek, Canyon Creek, Cave Creek, Clear Stream, Coffee Creek, Copper Creek, Discovery Creek, Doby Creek, Eagle Creek, Erickson Creek, Goat Creek, McCurdy Creek, Sheep Creek, Texas Creek,

Valleys:

Idaho Gulch, Nikolai Gulch, Pollard Gulch, Radar Gulch, Seattle Gulch,