Description

12' x 16'

Facilities

Log cabin on the lake has a woodstove, bunks, tables, and benches. In the summer, water is supplied by the campground pump or purifying lake water; in the winter, bring your own, purify lake water or melt snow. Firewood NOT provided. Summer activities include hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, and boating (gas-powered motors are not allowed on Byers Lake). Winter activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, dog mushing, ice fishing and snowmobiling.

Area

Denali State Park

Location

Byers Lake

Terrain

Lakeshore, mixed forest

What To Bring

You are responsible for providing your own food, cooking stove and cooking utensils, water, and bedding, maps, compass, matches, and warm clothing

Rowboat

No

Stove

Wood

Getting There

Coordinates
Latitude: 62.738788
Longitude: -150.13067

Summer access: one-half mile walk from gate in the campground, or canoe one-half mile from boat launch.

Winter access: Park at the Alaska Veteran's Memorial, milepost 147.1, Parks Highway, and follow the marked winter trail with snow vehicle, skis, dog sled, or on foot. At the bottom of the hill near the lake, take the right hand fork - total distance is 1.7 mile.

Driving Directions

Byers Lake Cabin #2