Information About

Horseshoe Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Horseshoe Lake on The Map

Location

61 ° 21' 47.29" N,
150 ° 9' 6.44" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Anchorage

Elevation

79 ft (24.08 m)

Horseshoe Lake in Detail.

About

E of Little Susitna River, 13 mi. NW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. 160 acres in size. Maximum depth is 23 feet. 1.6 miles long.

History

Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1958; so named because the lake has the shape of a horseshoe.

Topo Maps

Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1949), Tyonek (1951), Tyonek B-1 (1958), Tyonek B-1 (1958), Tyonek B-1 (1958), Tyonek B-1 (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek (1958), Tyonek B-1 SE (1979), Tyonek B-1 SE (1979), Tyonek B-1 SE (2013),
Places Near Horseshoe Lake
Areas:

Tsaltastnu Kaq-,

Bars:

Fire Island Shoal, Knik Arm Shoal, North Point Shoal, Woronzof Shoal,

Bays:

Nolfi Cove,

Capes:

Point Campbell, Point MacKenzie, Point McKenzie, North Point, Race Point, Point Woronzof,

Flats:

Susitna Flats,

Islands:

Crescent Moon Island, Fire Island, Flat Lakes Island, Freundly Island, Loon Island, Pleasure Island,

Lakes:

Alder Pond, Anna Lake, Barley Lake, Butterfly Lake, Carpenter Lake, Colt Lake, Cranberry Lake, Crooked Lake, DeLong Lake, Diamond Lake, East Papoose Lake, Farmer Lake, Flat Lake, Hock Lake, Hood Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Hourglass Lake, Jewell Lake, Jones Lake, Little Campbell Lake, Lloyds Pond, Loonsong Lake, Lake Lorraine, Lost Lake, Meadow Lake, Middle Lake, Mirror Lake, Muleshoe Lake, My Lake, Never-Never Lake, Papoose Twins, Piper Lake, Sand Lake, Sara Lake, Serenity Lake, Sevenmile Lake, Lake Spenard, Susan Lake, Tl-eghesh Bena Bidiltuni, Twin Island Lake, West Lake, West Papoose Lake, Yohn Lake,

Parks:

Altoona Park, Balto Seppala Park, Delong Lake Park, Didlika Park, Earthquake Park, Linden Park, Lynn Ary Park, Point Campbell-Kincaid Park, Shady Birch Park, Shady Lane Park, Spenard Beach Park, Whitehall Street Park,

Ridges:

Elmendorf Moraine,

Rivers:

Little Susitna River,

Streams:

Hood Creek, Maguire Creek,

Routes:

Andrew Lekisch Trail,

Cities:

Big Lake, Point MacKenzie, Turnagain Heights,