Lakes / Alaska / Aleutians West County / McLees Lake
McLees Lake, Alaska
987 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Alaska
53.99 degrees N, 166.73 degrees W - Aleutians West 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 McLees Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 86% of the 2,450 lakes counted in Alaska.
- The largest lake in Aleutians West County among those counted.
- About 692 miles from Homer, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unalaska Lake | Aleutians West | 12 mi | 94 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
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 120040750). Verified October 30, 2026.