Separated from Auke Bay by less than half a mile and a low ridge is Auke Lake. It has been one of the most photographed Juneau scenes from the earliest days because it offers fine views of Mendenhall Glacier beyond a foreground of the lake's placid waters. It drains into Auke Bay and has four types of salmon (all but King), trout, steelhead, and char. It has an area of about 175 acres, is 113 feet deep, and is bordered by the University of Alaska Southeast campus, some homes, and public lands. It has become a popular recreation area for kayaking and canoeing, and, recently and more controversially, jet-skis.  A few privately owned small float planes have been moored around the lake for many decades.

The Auke Lake Trail, on the public lands along its eastern shore, provides a serene and refreshing walk beneath towering spruce and hemlocks. The trail, maintained to removed deadfalls, winds through the rain forest. The light filtering through the canopy highlights small features and then moves on. 

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