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The Trail Lakes are two lakes on the lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. [1] [2] The lakes are near the town of Moose Pass and adjacent to the Seward Highway.They are the home of a large salmon hatchery owned by the state of Alaska and operated by the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association. [3]
started in 1996, a multi-use rail trail. 321 miles (517 km) of former rail right-of-way, if completed may create the longest rail trail. Cranberry Lake 50: 50 80 New York: circles the shores of Cranberry Lake in the Northwestern region of the Adirondack Park: Cumberland Trail: 175 282 Tennessee: trail along the Cumberland Plateau: Des Plaines ...
In 1923, the three routes out of Lac La Biche were to the west, which corresponds to the route of AB Hwy 55 along the south shores of Lesser Slave Lake. Edmonton or Saddle Lake trail departed to the south, which would be the initial stages of AB Hwy 55 out of Lac La Biche. [41] Heart Lake trail traveled northeast from Lac La Biche, which would ...
Eklutna Lake and Bold Peak in Chugach State Park seen from Twin Peaks trail The Lakeside Trail along Eklutna Lake in winter. The Lakeside Trail travels 12.7 miles (20.4 kilometers) along the shores of Eklutna Lake until it reaches the mile-long Eklutna Glacier Trail that leads in short order to the moraines at the foot of the colossal blue ice of Eklutna Glacier. [8]
The largest park that hosts a variety of trails is Chugach State Park. An innumerable number of trails cover this large area of land that stretches upwards of 495,000 acres (200,319 ha). [4] The trail systems connect the greater Anchorage Bowl, the coastlines of Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm, and the Chugach Mountain Range in Chugach State Park.
Alaska is larger than all but 18 sovereign nations (it is slightly larger than Iran but slightly smaller than Libya). Alaska is home to 3.5 million lakes of 20 acres (8.1 ha) or larger. [3] Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover 188,320 square miles (487,700 km 2) (mostly in northern, western and southwest flatlands).
The park is the northern terminus of the Swanson River and its associated canoe trail. [6] [7] Stormy Lake. The park is also home to Stormy Lake, a 161.9-hectare (400-acre) lake with boat launch and picnic areas as well as a small, primitive, boat-accessible campground. [2] The lake was the site of two efforts to eradicate invasive species. [9]
Moose Pass is located in the north-central part of the Kenai Peninsula at (60.487778, -149.370833 Surrounded by the Chugach National Forest, it is located 100 miles (160 km) south of Anchorage by road, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Seward on the Seward Highway along Upper Trail Lake.