Crescent Lake (Cooper Landing)
Cooper Landing
The Kenai's trophy-grayling secret, a hike to 18-inch sailfins and a rowboat cabin.
- Access
- Hike in: 3.4 mi to grayling water via the Carter Lake Trail (Seward Hwy Mile 33) or about 6.5 mi via the Crescent Creek Trail off Quartz Creek Road. Bikes allowed on Crescent Creek Trail.
- Water
- Lake
- Best time
- Jul-Aug
- Fish
- Arctic grayling, Rainbow trout
- How to fish it
- Fly, Spin, Bank
- Crowds
- Low
- Regulations
- Chugach National Forest / Kenai Peninsula
- Local rules
- Wild trophy grayling fishery. Two Forest Service cabins on the lake, each with a rowboat (reserve on recreation.gov). Verify current rules.
Part of Eastern Kenai.