Information About

Woodpecker Lake

Woodpecker Lake

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 0.7 mi (1.13 km)
Elevation:
  • 207 ft (63.09 m)
About

on Kenai Peninsula N of Eagle Lake, 9 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.

History of Woodpecker Lake

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Alaska Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus fasciatus), "Far into the north it becomes the commonest of Woodpeckers." (Pearson, 1944, pt.2, p. 144).