Moon Lake State Recreation Site
🏆🏆 Tok Area Lake — Boreal lake recreation site near Tok along the Alaska Highway
Moon Lake State Recreation Site provides lakeside recreation near Tok in eastern Interior Alaska. The small boreal lake offers fishing for rainbow trout, picnicking, and a quiet camping experience surrounded by black spruce forest. The site serves as a convenient overnight stop for travelers on the Alaska Highway between Tok and the Canadian border.
Visitor Information
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Location | Near Tok, AK (Alaska Highway) |
| Entry Fee | $5 parking / $15 camping |
| Fishing | Rainbow trout |
| Season | May–September |
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I swim in the lake?
The lake is typically cold but swimable in July and August when water temperatures are warmest. There are no lifeguards — swim at your own risk.
About Moon Lake
Moon Lake State Recreation Site near Tok provides camping on a small boreal lake along the Glenn Highway in eastern Interior Alaska. The lake is stocked with rainbow trout and surrounded by spruce forest. The midnight sun illuminates the lake during June — creating surreal fishing at 2 AM in broad daylight.
Things to Do
Fishing for rainbow trout (midnight sun fishing is unforgettable), camping (15 sites), canoeing, swimming in summer, wildlife viewing for moose and waterfowl, and experiencing the midnight sun phenomenon.
About Moon Lake
Moon Lake State Recreation Site along the Glenn Highway near Glennallen provides lakeside camping in the Copper River Basin — a vast subarctic plateau surrounded by three of Alaska’s great mountain ranges: the Alaska Range, Wrangell Mountains, and Chugach Mountains. The site is a popular stop for travelers driving the Glenn Highway, one of Alaska’s most scenic drives. Nighttime aurora borealis displays are spectacular from September through March.
Things to Do
Camping, fishing, canoeing, aurora watching (fall through spring), Glenn Highway road trip staging, wildlife watching, and star-gazing in some of the darkest skies in North America.
🎣 Visit Moon Lake SRS
Boreal lake — trout fishing and camping along the Alaska Highway near Tok.
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