Facilities also include two boat launches, a handicap accessible fishing dock, picnic sites, a picnic shelter, a swimming area, a beach volleyball court, water, and toilets. Lost Lake is a favorite spot for those who want to avoid the crowds and enjoy the area's scenery and wildlife. At Lost Lake there are 12 campsites, a handicap accessible fishing dock, a picnic area, water and toilets. Quartz Lake State Recreation Area is ten miles north of Delta Junction and is reached by a three-mile road at mile 277.8 of the Richardson Hwy. Fishing Fishing is the primary attraction of Quartz Lake State Recreation Area.
Quartz Lake has some of the best road accessible fishing in Interior Alaska.
Each year more than 34,000 fish are harvested. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game stocks Quartz Lake annually with 510,000 fingerling rainbow trout, coho salmon, and Arctic char. By the end of their three year life cycle, coho salmon can reach up to 13 inches in length. Rainbow trout reach up to 18 inches or more in five years. In 1980 a trophy rainbow trout was caught which weighed 8.3 pounds and measured 25.5 inches long.