Engineer Lake Cabin
Sterling
Today
Getting there
- Season
- Year-round; winter road conditions may need 4WD
- Access
- About 1 mi hike on the Seven Lakes Trail from the Engineer Lake Campground trailhead at Skilak Lake Road mile 10.3, off the Sterling Highway.
- Fee
- $55/night + $9 registration fee
- Sites
- 1 cabin, sleeps up to 4
- Amenities
- Wood stove, 2 bunk beds, rowboat with PFDs, outhouse, picnic table, fire ring
- Drive from Anchorage
- 2h08 to Skilak
- Drive from Fairbanks
- Full day, 8h42 to Skilak
Part of Western Kenai.
What it is like
Engineer Lake Cabin is a USFWS log cabin on Engineer Lake, inside the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area. The walk is about 1 mi on the Seven Lakes Trail from the Engineer Lake Campground trailhead at Skilak Lake Road mile 10.3. The cabin has a wood stove, 2 bunk beds and a rowboat with PFDs, and it sleeps up to 4. A fee applies, and the cabin is reservable on recreation.gov.
The cabin is about 15 miles from Sterling, reached by Skilak Lake Road. If it is taken, Upper Skilak Lake Campground, 1.9 miles off, has first-come sites on the wind-driven shore of Skilak Lake, with a boat launch and bear lockers. Engineer Lake, the cabin's own lake, is stocked with trout and has a wilderness feel.
USFWS rustic log cabin on Engineer Lake in the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area, Kenai NWR, with a rowboat.