Information About

Falls Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Falls Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 52' 36.998" N,
149 ° 25' 18.998" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Elevation

128 ft (39.01 m)

Falls Creek in Detail.

About

on N end of Kenai Peninsula, flows NW to Sixmile Creek, 0.5 mi. S of Sunrise, Chugach Mts. 4.5 miles long.

History

Local name reported by Grant and Higgins (1915, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Presumably named because of the afalls that occur on the stream.

Places Near Falls Creek
Cities:

The Wing,

Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point, Windy Point,

Streams:

Davis Creek,

Glaciers:

Bird Glacier, Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Candyland, Even Hookers Get the Blues, Flame Out, Organ Pipes, Ptarmigan Pillar, Ski Tracks, Water World,

Lakes:

Hidden Lake, Lower Summit Lake, Rabbit Lake, Ship Lake,

Locales:

Bidarka, North Wedgie, South Wedgie, Thin White Line, Windboard Love,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Bidarka Peak, Bird Peak, Bradley Peak, Indianhouse Mountain, Manitoba Mountain, Ptarmigan Peak, The Ramp, South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, The Wedge,

Mountain Passes:

Archangel Pass, Bird Creek Pass, Indian Creek Pass, Powerline Pass, South Ship Lake Pass, West Ship Lake Pass,

Peaks:

Adelie Point, Birds Eye Peak, California Peak, Chinstrap Peak, Crested Peak, Double Top North, East Groundhog Peak, East Kinglet Peak, Falls Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fishs Breath, Flaketop Peak, Fresno Benchmark, Homicide Peak, Hope Mountain, Middle Kinglet Peak, Nest Peak, North Avalanche Mountain, North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Penguin Peak, Shaman Dome, Silvertip, South Avalanche Mountain, South Powerline Peak, Tail Feather Peak, West Groundhog Peak, West Kinglet Peak,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge, Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Cornbiscuit, Frenchy, Fresno, Lipps, Lonestar, Magnum, Moose, Pete's North, Pete's South, Raven Ridge, Spirit Walker, Tributary, Wilson North, Wilson South, Zero Bowl,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Block Creek, Bonanza Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cub Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Fresno Creek, Gleason Creek, Granite Creek, Groundhog Creek, Gulch Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Juneau Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Mills Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Woman Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Sawmill Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tincan Creek, Tributary Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Wilson Creek,

Routes:

Avalanche Peak, Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Hidden Lake Trail, Indian Creek Pass Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, McHugh Lake Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Powerline Trail, Ptarmigan Pass Trail, Ramp Trail, Ship Lake Pass Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Dahl, Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,