Information About

Wishbone Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 43' 40.706" N,
149 ° 1' 5.246" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Palmer

Length

0.6 mi (0.97 km)

Elevation

1526 ft (465.12 m)

Wishbone Lake in Detail.

About

9 mi. NE of Palmer, at head of Buffalo Creek, Cook Inlet Low. 53 acres in size.

History

Local name reported in 1915 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); name derived from nearby Wishbone Hill.

Topo Maps

Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage C-6 (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage C-6 NE (1979), Anchorage C-6 NE (1979), Anchorage C-6 NE (1979), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage C-6 (1994), Anchorage C-6 NE (2016),
Places Near Wishbone Lake
Cities:

Palmer,

Crags:

4th of July Wall,

Dams:

Sherwood Estates Dam,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210960E61831N, Mint Glacier,

Hills:

Burnt Butte,

Routes:

Pigs in a Blanket,

Lakes:

Baird Lake, Bradley Lake, Burkholder Lake, Butte Lake, Canoe Lake, Coyote Lake, Echo Lake, Elks Lake, Falks Lake, Gull Lake, High Ridge Lake, Irene Lake, Jim Lake, Johnson Lake, Kepler Lake, Klaire Lake, Kleinsmith Lake, Leaf Lake, Long Lake, Lower Reed Lake, Matanuska Lake, McLeod Lake, Seventeenmile Lake, Slipper Lake, Swan Lake, Triangle Lake, Upper Reed Lake, Walby Lake, Wishbone Lake, Wolverine Lake,

Locales:

Lake Run, Nunatak East, Nunatak West, Stairstep,

Mine:

Arch Prospect, Baxter Mine, Buffalo Mine, Conrock North Pit, Eska Mine, Evan Jones Mine, Lane Prospect, Lonesome Mine, Mabel Mine, Matanuska Sinner Mine, New Black Diamond Mine, Premier Mine, Snowbird Mine,

Mountains:

Bodenburg Butte, Eska Mountain, Granite Peak, Idaho Peak, Knob Hill, Lazy Mountain, Matanuska Peak, Montana Peak, Wishbone Hill,

Parks:

Coyote Lake Park, Moose Creek State Recreation Area,

Mountain Passes:

Backdoor Gap, Bomber-in-a-day Pass, Grizzly Pass, Moosehead Pass, Rabbit Slough, Sobriety Pass, Spring Creek,

Peaks:

3 Bell Spire, Arkose Peak, Crag, Delia Benchmark, Dewlap Peak, Didikama, Doublemint, Frontier Peak, Good Hope Towers, Higher Spire, Hunchback Spire, Lower Spire, Lynx Peak, Managemint, Nelteni, Nunatak, Outpost Peak, Ozone, Parlimint, Peppermint, Rainy Day Knoll, Spearmint, Teeny Weene, Telemint, Tenemint, Triplemint, Troublemint, Turnkey Peak, Vegetarian Peak, Yisbo,

Ridges:

Arkose Ridge,

Routes:

Paradise Ski Run,

Streams:

Archangel Creek, Buffalo Creek, Carnegie Creek, Delia Creek, Doone Creek, Eska Creek, Fishhook Creek, Glacier Creek, Gloryhole Creek, Goodhope Creek, Granite Creek, Iron Creek, Jim Creek, Knob Creek, Little Granite Creek, McRoberts Creek, Moose Creek, Palmer Creek, Premier Creek, Reed Creek, Sidney Creek, Wolverine Creek,

Routes:

Arch Prospect Trail, Gold Mint Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 1, Reed Lakes Trail, Snowbird Trail,

Valleys:

Lone Tree Gulch, Matanuska Valley, Tsadaka Canyon,

Cities:

Butte, Eska, Jonesville, Lazy Mountain, Matanuska, Sutton,