Auke Lake Wayside

Auke Lake with the mountains in the background.

PARK HOURS

7 a.m. TO 12 MIDNIGHT

PARK FEATURES

  • Covered Shelter

  • Boat Launch

  • Interpretive Signs

  • Trail

  • Paved Parking Lot

The Auke Lake Wayside has the only boat ramp for a fresh water lake on the Juneau road system where motorized use is allowed.  Reserve the new Auke Lake Wayside shelter, or stretch your legs on the Auke Lake Trail, which includes a floating boardwalk and a series of unique interpretive signs.

Printable Brochures

Click the image to view the Auke Lake Recreation Area brochure.

Click the image to view the Auke Lake Natural History Brochure

Motorized vessel boundries on Auke Lake

67.01.095 – Motorized Uses

(a) Hours of operation. Personal watercraft and other motorized vessels may operate on Auke Lake during the following hours:

(1) From June 1 through August 31: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

(2) From September 1 through May 31: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

(b) Prohibited area of operation. Motorized use is prohibited between the shore of the lake and the buoy line, as depicted on the revised Auke Lake Motorized Use Map, adopted September 8, 2008.

(c) Restriction on wake. No wake in excess of six inches in height shall be allowed between the shore and the buoy line for the area of transition to the Glacier Highway Auke Lake Wayside and residential properties, as depicted on the Auke Lake Motorized Use Map, which incorporates global positioning system locations of 58°23.318′ N, 134°38.257′ W; 58°23.287′ N, 134°37.616′ W; and 58°23.341′ N, 134°37.883′ W.

(d) Refueling prohibited. Refueling of motorized vessels is prohibited on the lake, in the wayside, and within 50 feet of the lake shoreline.

(e) The rinsing or flushing of boat engines is prohibited on the lake, along the wayside, and within 50 feet of the lake shoreline.

(f) Penalty. Violation of 67.01.95(a)—(e) is an infraction.

Dogs must be on leash at all times.

Auke Lake Wayside Images