Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.
Country-style home cooking on S Big Lake Rd — the community's longtime everyday breakfast-and-lunch spot.
A lakeside pub on S Big Lake Rd serving Cajun-leaning food, popular with the boating and floatplane crowd.
A brewery and restaurant directly on Big Lake, pouring its own beer alongside a full pub menu.
Pontoon boats, jet skis, paddleboards, kayaks, and tubes for rent right on the water at Burkeshore Marina.
A private, gated marina on the lake's north shore renting boat slips and, notably, floatplane tie-downs — Big Lake is one of the busiest floatplane communities in the country.
Big Lake is the traditional starting point of the Iron Dog, billed as the world's longest snowmachine race — over 2,000 miles to Nome and back, run every February.
Visit ↗The largest of Big Lake's state recreation sites, with more than 60 wooded, first-come-first-served campsites, two boat launches with a dock, and a swim beach on North Shore Dr.