Mendenhall Lake, Juneau

Name: Mendenhall Lake
Address: Juneau, United States

#5 among attractions in Juneau

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Mendenhall Lake is a proglacial lake in the Mendenhall Valley at the 1962 terminus of Mendenhall Glacier, three miles north of the Juneau Airport in the Coast Mountains. It is the source of the short Mendenhall River. The lake is included in the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area of the Tongass National Forest. ()

Width: 9504 ftCoordinates: 58°25'26"N, 134°33'52"W

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Juneau United States

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Mendenhall Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nugget Falls, Brotherhood Bridge, Chapel by the Lake, Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

1 miE
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Nugget Falls, Juneau
26 min walk • Nugget Falls, also known as Nugget Creek Falls or Mendenhall Glacier Falls, is a waterfall downstream of the Nugget Glacier, at the base of Bullard Mountain, in the U.S. state of Alaska.
3.9 miS
Bridge
Brotherhood Bridge, Juneau
101 min walk • The Brotherhood Bridge is a road bridge in Juneau, Alaska. The bridge carries the Glacier Highway over the Mendenhall River, acting as a demarcation point of sorts between the urban and rural portions of mainland Juneau.
3.8 miSW
Church
Chapel by the Lake, Juneau
98 min walk • Chapel by the Lake is a Presbyterian church in Auke Bay, Alaska. It was designed by Juneau-based architects Harold Foss and Linn A. Forrest. The construction lasted from 1954 to 1958.
0.8 miSE
13-mile-long glacier
Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, Juneau
21 min walk • Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 13.6 miles long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
4.3 miS
58°21'44"N • 134°34'37"W
Nugget Mall Juneau, Juneau
109 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.6 miS
Memorial
Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park, Juneau
66 min walk • Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park is a sports facility complex in Juneau, Alaska, and adjacent to Floyd Dryden Middle School. It was named after Richard James Adair and Jimmy Earl Kennedy, two Juneau Police Department officers who died in the line of duty on April 17, 1979.
3.8 miSW
Universities and schools
University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau
98 min walk • The University of Alaska Southeast is a public university with its main campus in Juneau, Alaska and extended campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan.
6.9 miSW
Island
Coghlan Island, Juneau
175 min walk • Coghlan Island is an island in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Located in Stephens Passage, it is 1.2 miles south of Fairhaven and 11 miles northwest of the city of Juneau. It was named in 1885 by the U.S.