THE MENTASTA LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Alaska Range setting.
Mentasta Lake CDP has 300.7 square miles of land in Copper River Census Area. Its Census reference point is in Alaska Range.
Very high, steep mountains carry extensive icefields, glaciers and rocky slopes. Vegetation is limited in the highest and most exposed portions of the Alaska Range.
Regional context: Alaska Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mentasta Lake and Copper River Census Area
Mentasta Lake is associated with Copper River Census Area in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Mentasta Lake by land and water
The Census records 1.9 square miles of water within Mentasta Lake, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Copper River Census Area. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mentasta Lake CDP has 3.8 times the land area of nearby Tanacross CDP (79.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

