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Porcupine Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 55' 49.001" N,
149 ° 39' 16.999" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Eagle River

Porcupine Creek in Detail.

About

on N end of Kenai Peninsula, flows E to Turnagain Arm, 0.5 mi. NW of Hope, Chugach Mts.

History

Local prospectors name reported in 1904 by Moffit (1906, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Places Near Porcupine Creek
Airports:

Wolf Peak,

Bays:

Turnagain Arm,

Beaches:

Patricks Beach (not official),

Capes:

Beluga Point, Gull Rock, Windy Point,

Streams:

Middle Fork Campbell Creek,

Dams:

Lake -O- the Hills Dam,

Routes:

Black Lake Falls, Easy Money, Even Hookers Get the Blues, Flame Out, Freak Street, Hypercard, O’Malley Falls, Organ Pipes, Ptarmigan Pillar, Roadside Attraction, Ski Tracks, Twin Pillars, Water World,

Islands:

Halfway Island,

Lakes:

Hidden Lake, Lake Hideaway, Long Lake, Lake -O- the Hills, Rabbit Lake, Ship Lake, Tanaina Lake, Williwan Lakes,

Locales:

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

Mountains:

Bidarka Peak, Blueberry Knoll, 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, Wolverine Peak,

Parks:

Forsythe Park, Hamilton Park, Hillside Park, Little Rabbit Creek Bluff Park, Nancy Park, Oceanview Bluff Park, Oceanview Park, Potter Ravine Park, Rabbit Creek Park, Ruth Arcand Park, Stephenson Park, Storck Park,

Mountain Passes:

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

Peaks:

Peak 3, Cedar Point, Elliot, Extra Point, Falls Peak, False Peak, Flaketop Peak, Hidden Peak, Homicide Peak, Hope Mountain, Hope Point, Koktoya Peak, Little O'Malley, North Avalanche Mountain, North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Peak Two, Shaman Dome, South Avalanche Mountain, South Powerline Peak, Tikishla Peak,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge,

Routes:

Frenchy, Tributary,

Streams:

Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bird Creek, Bonanza Creek, Cannonball Creek, Caribou Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cripple Creek, Donaldson Creek, Falls Creek, Fox Creek, Frenchy Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Johnson Creek, Little Rabbit Creek, Little Survival Creek, McHugh Creek, Moose Creek, Moose Creek, North Fork Ship Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Porcupine Creek, Potter Creek, Rabbit Creek, Rainbow Creek, Resurrection Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tributary Creek, Weber Creek, White Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Willow Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Alder Trail, Alder Trail Part 2, Anchorage Overlook Trail, Avalanche Peak, Ballpark Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Blueberry Hollow Trail, Blueberry Loop Trail, Bull Rock Trail, Denali View Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Flattop Mountain Alternate Trail, Flattop Mountain Trail, Gasline Trail, Golden Grass Trail, Grand View Trail, Hemlock Knob Trail, Hidden Lake Trail, Indian Creek Pass Trail, Little Loop Trail, Little Omalley Trail, Long Lake Trail, McHugh Lake Trail, Middle Fork Loop Trail, Near Point Trail, Panorama View Trail, Picnic Loop Trail, Powerline Access Trail, Powerline Trail, Ptarmigan Pass Trail, Rabbit Lake Trail, Ramp Trail, Ship Lake Pass Trail, Silver Fern Trail, South Fork Rim Trail, Spencer Loop Trail, Spencer Trail, Turnagain Arm Interpretive Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail, White Spruce Trail, Williwaw Lakes Trail, Wolverine Bowl Loop Trail, Wolverine Bowl Trail, Wolverine Peak Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Hope, Indian, Knik Heights, Potter Hill, Wibel,