Information About

Bench Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bench Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 37' 1.585" N,
149 ° 14' 15.59" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Elevation

1467 ft (447.14 m)

Bench Lake in Detail.

About

at head of Bench Creek, 0.5 mi. NE of Johnson Lake and 22 mi. SE of Sunrise, Chugach Mts. 1 mile long.

History

Local name reported by Grant and Higgins (1913, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); derived from Bench Creek which drains the lake.

Places Near Bench Lake
Capes:

Crown Point,

Streams:

Davis Creek,

Dams:

Roycroft Lake Dam,

Lakes:

Bench Lake, Grant Lake, Johnson Lake, Lower Trail Lake, Upper Trail Lake, Vagt Lake,

Locales:

Grandview,

Mine:

Blackstone Mine, Bruhn-Ray Mine, Case Mine, Case Mine, Crown Point Mine, Falls Creek Mine, Mills Creek Mine, Solars Mine,

Mountains:

Anderson Peak, Bench Peak, Cornbiscuit, Kickstep Mountain, L V Ray Peak, Lark Mountain, Mount Madson, Manitoba Mountain, Solars Mountain, Sunburst, Tincan Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Johnson Creek Summit, Turnagain Pass,

Peaks:

East Groundhog Peak, El Tercero, Fiddlehead Mountain, Flying Cornice, Gleason Creek Ridge, Granddaddy, Hale-Bopp, Inspector Peak, Merlin Mountain, Pastoral Peak, Shrike Mountain, Silvertip, Spirit Walker, The Engine, The Tender, Tincan Roadside, West Groundhog Peak,

Ridges:

Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, 1st Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Center Ridge, Cornbiscuit, Eddy's, Lipps, Lonestar, Magnum, Moose, Pete's North, Pete's South, Raven Ridge, Spirit Walker, Sunburst, The Library, Wilson North, Wilson South, Wolverine, Zero Bowl,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Beaver Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Black Creek, Canyon Creek, Carter Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Divide Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Gleason Creek, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Groundhog Creek, Gulch Creek, Henry Creek, Johnson Creek, Juneau Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Moose Creek, Moose Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Ohio Creek, Pass Creek, Petes Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Roaring Creek, Schilter Creek, Silvertip Creek, Spokane Creek, Stevenson Creek, Stormy Creek, Taylor Creek, Timberline Creek, Tincan Creek, Trail Creek, Trail Creek, Wolverine Creek,

Routes:

Grant Lake Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Ptarmigan Creek Trail, Spencer Glacier Trail,

Cities:

Crown Point, Falls, Lawing, Moose Pass, Muskwa Village, Silvertip, Wibel,