Information About

Thorofare River

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 24' 52.999" N,
150 ° 42' 42.998" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Tributary to

Tributaries

Length

16 mi (25.75 km)

Elevation

2185 ft (665.99 m)

Thorofare River in Detail.

About

in Denali National Park, flows W from Sunset Glacier terminus to McKinley River, 6 mi. SW of Wonder Lake, Alaska Range

History

Shown on a 1921 field map of Mount McKinley National Park. So named because the stream's "valley has been an important caribou thorofare."

Thorofare River Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Thorofare River.

Topo Maps

Mount McKinley B-2 (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley (1952), Mount McKinley B-2 (1954), Mount McKinley B-2 (1954), Mount McKinley B-2 (1954), Mt McKinley (1958), Mount McKinley (1958), Mount McKinley (1958), Mount McKinley (1969), Denali B-2 NE (2015),

Places Near Thorofare River

Bars:

Lakes:

Mountains:

Glacier Peak, Gunsight Mountain, Kankone Peak, McGonagall Mountain, McGonagall Pass, Oastler Mountain, Ragged Peak, Spruce Peak, Turtle Hill, Wedge Peak, Wickersham Dome,

Mountain Passes:

Gunsight Pass, Oastler Pass,

Rivers:

Thorofare River,

Streams:

Cache Creek, Carlson Creek, Coal Creek, Crevice Creek, Dry Creek, East Fork Clearwater Creek, East Fork Glen Creek, Glen Creek, Jumbo Creek, Lake Creek, Last Chance Creek, Myrtle Creek, No Name Creek, North Fork Moose Creek, Pirate Creek, Rainy Creek, Ruby Creek, Snowshoe Creek, Spruce Creek, West Fork Glen Creek, Willow Creek, Yellow Creek,

Valleys:

Eighteen Gulch, Fifteen Gulch, Four Gulch, Iron Gulch, Lucky Gulch, McGonagall Gulch, Twentytwo Gulch, West Fork Twentytwo Gulch,