Kenny Lake Alaska Map

About Kenny Lake, Alaska

Kenny Lake is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 0.5 people per km². Kenny Lake is located at 61.6216°N, 144.8213°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99573.

Kenny Lake occupies a vast, silent expanse of the Copper River Basin where the muskeg yields to spruce and the horizon is defined by the distant, serrated edge of the Wrangell Mountains. It lies 142.9 miles east of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 85°T), and is situated 61.6 miles northeast of Valdez. Willow Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush, its cold waters providing a rhythmic pulse to a landscape that feels suspended in the amber light of the subarctic sun. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity that intensifies the color of the dwarf birch as autumn approaches, turning the low-lying plains into a mosaic of russet and gold. To the east, the rugged boundary of Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve looms, a reminder that the wild is not merely a destination but the very condition of existence in this high-latitude interior.

Kenny Lake serves as a quiet crossroads for those who dwell in the immense scale of the inland wilderness, where the economy is driven by self-reliance and the seasonal demands of the northern climate. Life here is measured by the slow accumulation of firewood and the maintenance of gravel roads that stretch toward the horizon, far from the influence of any coastline. While Tonsina Lake lies twenty-three miles away, the character of the region remains rooted in the terrestrial rhythms of the forest and the persistent, wandering currents of the local creeks. People here navigate the seasons with a practiced focus, finding a quiet beauty in the way the frost pattern emerges on a windowpane or how the ravens congregate in the stillness of a winter afternoon.

About This Kenny Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kenny Lake, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.621616, -144.821315. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Kenny Lake includes the ZIP code (99573), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.