Lakes / Alaska / Southeast Fairbanks County / Dog Lake

Dog Lake, Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska

292 acres

Surface Area

Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes

Locator - Alaska

62.90 degrees N, 141.78 degrees W - Southeast Fairbanks County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.

How Dog Lake Stacks Up

Larger than 67% of the 2,450 lakes counted in Alaska.
About 225 miles from Fairbanks, as the crow flies.

Lakes Nearby

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area
Hillside Lake	Southeast Fairbanks	0.8 mi	72 acres
Birch Lake	Southeast Fairbanks	2.2 mi	162 acres
Tushaday Lake	Southeast Fairbanks	2.7 mi	25 acres
Chidek Lake	Southeast Fairbanks	2.7 mi	64 acres
Tushaday Lake	Southeast Fairbanks	3.2 mi	55 acres
Tsolmund Lake	Southeast Fairbanks	4.3 mi	427 acres

Straight-line distance between lake centers.

Facts and Figures

Waterbody ID{F32397C4-54B7-41B9-8C62-155A50DDBEBD}

CountySoutheast Fairbanks

Lake TypeLake

Coordinates62.8996, -141.7798

Questions About Dog Lake

How Big Is Dog Lake?

Dog Lake covers 292 acres in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska.

What Is the Largest Lake in Southeast Fairbanks County?

Lake George is the largest lake in Southeast Fairbanks County, at 4,898 acres.

Largest Lakes in Alaska

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Iliamna Lake	Lake and Peninsula	654,518 acres	-
2	Becharof Lake	Lake and Peninsula	289,706 acres	-
3	Teshekpuk Lake	North Slope	206,614 acres	-
4	Naknek Lake	Lake and Peninsula	145,357 acres	-
5	Dall Lake	Bethel	111,681 acres	-

All 2,450 Alaska lakes ranked by surface area

Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID {F32397C4-54B7-41B9-8C62-155A50DDBEBD}). Verified October 30, 2026.