Information About

Herning Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 36' 39.236" N,
149 ° 40' 0.772" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Houston

Elevation

289 ft (88.09 m)

Herning Lake in Detail.

About

One of the Meadow Lakes in the Matanuska Valley, 1.6 mi NW of Pittman, Chugach Mts. 229 acres in size. Maximum depth is 19 feet.

History

One of the Meadow Lakes in the Matanuska Valley, named for Orville George Herning (died 1947), who came to Alaska in 1898 and was long associated with mining and business in this area.

Topo Maps

Anchorage C-8 (1950), Anchorage C-8 (1950), Anchorage C-8 (1950), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage C-8 (1952), Anchorage C-8 (1952), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage C-8 SE (1979), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage C-8 SE (1992), Anchorage C-8 (1994), Anchorage C-8 SE (2016),
Places Near Herning Lake
Areas:

Ch-ak-nileght, K-enakatnu Kaq-,

Capes:

Ts-es I-unt,

Channels:

K-eyghashtnu,

Cities:

Houston,

Islands:

Long Island,

Lakes:

Airolo Lake, Baptist Pond, Baptist Pond, Beach Lake, Bear Paw Lake, Beaver Lakes, Beaver Tail Lake, Beaverhouse Lake, Bench Lake, Lake Beth, Beverly Lake, Beverly Lake, Big Beaver Lake, Birch Lake, Blanket Lake, Blodgett Lake, Bolo Lake, Brocker Lake, Bruce Lake, Bruns Lake, Cann Lake, Caves Lake, Cheri Lake, Chignaki Pond, Cloudy Lake, Cloudy Lake, Corcoran Lake, Dawn Lake, Echo Lake, Emerald Lake, Frog Lake, Fuller Lake, Golden Lake, Herkimer Lake, Herning Lake, Hess Lake, Homestead Lake, Island Lake, Jacobsen Lake, Jade Lake, Jaland Lake, Johnson Pond, June Lake, Kalmbach Lake, Knik Lake, Lake Lalen, Lilly Lake, Liten Lake, Little Beaver Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Lucile Lake, Lucy Lake, Lynda Lake, Maruro Lake, Meadow Lakes, Merri Belle Lake, Mud Lake, Prator Lake, Pup Lake, Railroad Lake, Rainbow Lake, Rocky Lake, Scott Lake, Stepan Lake, Stevens Lake, Teakwood Lake, Threemile Lake, Totuck Lake, Twelvemile Lake, Twin Lake, Visnaw Lake, Wallace Lake, West Beaver Lake, Whale Lake, White Lake, Woody Lake, Zero Lake,

Mine:

Houston Strip Mine,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain,

Parks:

Big Lake North State Recreation Site, Big Lake South State Recreation Site, Peters Creek Community Park,

Mountain Passes:

Cottonwood Slough,

Streams:

Canyon Creek, Ch-ak-nileghtnu, Coal Creek, Coho Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Crocker Creek, East Fork Coho Creek, East Fork Sawmill Creek, Fire Creek, Fish Creek, Francie Creek, Htidaghituntnu, Little Meadow Creek, Little Peters Creek, Lucile Creek, Meadow Creek, Moon Princess Creek, O-Brien Creek, Peters Creek, Peters Creek, Purches Creek, Sawmill Creek, Shorty Creek, Soldier Creek, Teddy Creek, Threemile Creek, West Fork Coho Creek, West Fork Sawmill Creek,

Routes:

Iditarod Trail,

Valleys:

Wet Gulch,

Cities:

Big Lake, Birchwood, Cottonwood, John Fitzgerald Kennedy City, Knik, Meadow Lakes,