Birch Lake State Recreation Site  

Birch Lake State Recreation Site Map

Facilities
There are 17 long parking spaces for motorhomes and three shorter parking spaces for smaller vehicles or tent campers. There are also five tent sites and a picnic area with tables, fireplaces and benches for day use as well as a boat launch and courtesy dock.

Birch Lake has a public-use cabin that sleeps six and is available for rent year round. The recreation area also has five day-use ice huts that can be reserved by anglers in the winter. The cabin and ice huts can be rented through the online state parks reservation system.

Fees
Birch Lake has a daily parking fee along with a boat launch fee and nightly fees for camping. There are also user fees for its public-use cabins and ice huts that can be reserved online through the parks reservation system (www.dnr.alaska.gov/parks/cabins).

Accessibility
Birch Lake is at Milepost 305.5 of the Richardson Highway, 57 miles southeast of Fairbanks. For more information contact the Northern Area Office of Alaska State Parks (907-451-2695 www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/birch.htm) in Fairbanks.