Lake Hood and Lake Spenard are actually the same body of water and feature the same depth of 69 feet but are in fact classified as two different lakes. Together Lake Hood and Lake Spenard make up the world’s largest and busiest float plane base in the world.

At Lake Spenard visitors can enjoy the air show of constant take offs and landings of seaplanes while indulging in a scenic picnic. In the warm summer climate, a roped off swimming area is present as well as playground equipment, picnic tables and a volleyball court.

The Millennium Alaskan is an Anchorage hotel on Lake Spenard with a floatplane dock that allows guests of the hotel to fly straight from the hotel to other destinations in Alaska. This is an exceptional advantage over other Anchorage hotels as many of the destinations in Alaska are hard to reach by any method except seaplane.