Lakes
Lakes was a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It was split in two CDPs for 2020 Census purposes: North Lakes and South Lakes.- Type: Locality with 8,360 residents
- Description: census designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Lakes CDP”, “Lakes, AK”, and “Lakes, Alaska”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wolf Lake Airport.
Wolf Lake Airport
Aerodrome
Wolf Lake Airport is a privately owned, publicly used airport located in Palmer, Alaska. The airport is located between Palmer and Wasilla. The airport was founded in 1982 by Maurice Wilson. Wolf Lake Airport is situated 2½ miles northeast of Lakes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gateway and Wasilla.
Gateway
Locality
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Gateway is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gateway is situated 3 miles southeast of Lakes.
Wasilla
Photo: Beeblebrox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wasilla is a city of 9,000 people in Alaska. Wasilla is the last city of significant size on the Parks Highway northward; therefore, it is a frequent stopping point if traveling by car to Denali National Park, Fairbanks or other points north.
Lakes
Latitude
61.60752° or 61° 36′ 27″ northLongitude
-149.32279° or 149° 19′ 22″ westPopulation
8,360Elevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
93HGJM5G+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 33037349OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
7262905Wikidata ID
Q180085
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Lakes” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lakes”
- Catalan: “Lakes”
- Cebuano: “Lakes”
- Chechen: “Лейкс”
- Chinese: “Lakes”
- Chinese: “萊克斯”
- Dutch: “Lakes”
- French: “Lakes”
- German: “Lakes”
- Irish: “Lakes”
- Italian: “Lakes”
- Ladin: “Lakes”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lakes”
- Newari: “लेक्स, अलास्का”
- Newari: “लेक्स”
- Persian: “لیکس، آلاسکا”
- Persian: “لیکس”
- Polish: “Lakes”
- Portuguese: “Lakes”
- Russian: “Лейкс”
- Serbian: “Лејкс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lakes, Alaska”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lakes”
- South Azerbaijani: “لئیکس، آلاسکا”
- South Azerbaijani: “لئیکس”
- Spanish: “Lakes (Alaska)”
- Spanish: “Lakes”
- Swedish: “Lakes, Alaska”
- Swedish: “Lakes”
- Tatar: “Лейкс”
- Ukrainian: “Лейкс”
- Urdu: “لیکس، الاسکا”
- Urdu: “لیکس”
- Volapük: “Lakes”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cottonwood Shires and Gemstones Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anderson Lake Airport and Cottonwood Lake Seaplane Base.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough: Must-Visit Destinations
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