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Sunset Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 55' 3" N,
149 ° 28' 14.002" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Sunset Creek in Detail.

About

on N end of Kenai Peninsula, flows N to Turnagain Arm, 2 mi. NW of Sunrise and 52 mi. N of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

Local prospectors' name; reported in 1898 by W. C. Mendenhall, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Places Near Sunset Creek
Cities:

The Wing,

Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point, Windy Point,

Streams:

Middle Fork Campbell Creek,

Glaciers:

Bird Glacier, Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Black Lake Falls, Candyland, Even Hookers Get the Blues, Flame Out, O’Malley Falls, Organ Pipes, Ptarmigan Pillar, Ski Tracks, Water World,

Islands:

Halfway Island,

Lakes:

Hidden Lake, Long Lake, Rabbit Lake, Ship Lake, Williwan Lakes,

Locales:

Ball Field, Bidarka, Black Lake Chute, North Wedgie, O'Malley Gully, South Wedgie, Thin White Line, Windboard Love,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Bidarka Peak, Bird Peak, Blueberry Knoll, Bradley Peak, Flattop Mountain, Indianhouse Mountain, McHugh Peak, O-Malley Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, Rainbow Peak, The Ramp, South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Tanaina Peak, The Wedge, Mount Williwaw,

Mountain Passes:

Bird Creek Pass, Indian Creek Pass, Powerline Pass, Sail Feather Pass, South Ship Lake Pass, West Ship Lake Pass,

Peaks:

Peak 3, Adelie Point, Birds Eye Peak, Elliot, Falls Peak, False Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Flaketop Peak, Hidden Peak, Homicide Peak, Hope Mountain, Koktoya Peak, Little O'Malley, Nest Peak, North Avalanche Mountain, North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Peak Two, Penguin Peak, Shaman Dome, South Avalanche Mountain, South Powerline Peak, Tail Feather Peak, The Sail, West Kinglet Peak,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge, Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall,

Routes:

Frenchy, Lonestar, Moose, Tributary, Wilson North,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Bonanza Creek, Cannonball Creek, Canyon Creek, Caribou Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cripple Creek, Cub Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Granite Creek, Gulch Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Lynx Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Woman Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Porcupine Creek, Rainbow Creek, Resurrection Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Spokane Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Tributary Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Willow Creek, Wilson Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Anchorage Overlook Trail, Avalanche Peak, Ballpark Trail, Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Blueberry Loop Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Flattop Mountain Alternate Trail, Flattop Mountain Trail, Gasline Trail, Hidden Lake Trail, Indian Creek Pass Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Little Omalley Trail, Long Lake Trail, McHugh Lake Trail, Middle Fork Loop Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Powerline Access Trail, Powerline Trail, Ptarmigan Pass Trail, Rabbit Lake Trail, Ramp Trail, Ship Lake Pass Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail, Williwaw Lakes Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Hope, Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,