Information About

Snipe Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 45' 29.149" N,
150 ° 58' 36.635" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Soldotna

Elevation

98 ft (29.87 m)

Snipe Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula, 3 mi. SE of mouth of Swanson River and 17 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range for Wilson's Snipe, or Jack Snipe, (Capella gallinago delicata), a shore bird which breeds from northwestern Alaska south to northern California.

Topo Maps

Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1950), Kenai (1950), Kenai D-3 (1951), Kenai D-3 (1951), Kenai D-3 (1951), Kenai D-3 (1951), Kenai D-3 (1952), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai D-3 SW (1986),
Places Near Snipe Lake
Bars:

Jumbo Rock,

Bays:

Number Three Bay,

Cliffs:

Gray Cliff,

Hills:

Birch Hill,

Islands:

Eagle Rock,

Lakes:

Akula Lake, Anertz Lake, Beaver Lake, Boundary Lake, Breeze Lake, Calf Lake, Cashka Lake, Cecille Lake, Chickadee Lake, Cisca Lake, Cow Lake, Crane Lake, Dabbler Lake, Daniels Lake, Decoy Lake, Dolly Varden Lake, Donkey Lake, Doroshin Lake, Dunlin Lake, Eagle Lake, East Finger Lake, Eevook Lake, Ermine Lake, Every Lake, Finger Lake, Finger Lakes, Flat Lake, Forest Lake, Gagara Lake, Gooseneck Lake, Gruskka Lake, Gull Lake, Hungry Lake, Lake Ivanoff, Killdeer Lake, Kit Lake, Konova Lake, Konovalof Lake, Lili Lake, Middle Finger Lake, Mink Creek Lake, Mosquito Lake, Lake Ootka, Pintail Lake, Plover Lake, Puppy Dog Lake, Quake Lake, Rainbow Lake, Rhode Lake, Savka Lake, Scaup Lake, Sevena Lake, Shadura Lake, Silver Lake, Snipe Lake, South Finger Lake, Spirit Lake, Stormy Lake, Sunken Island Lake, Tern Lake, Timberlost Lake, Tree Lake, Weed Lake, West Finger Lake, West Forest Lake, West Lake, West Lili Lake, Wolf Lake, Woodpecker Lake,

Rivers:

Swanson River,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Bishop Creek, Otter Creek,

Cities:

Peninsula Park Estates,