Information About

Three Mile Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 31' 14.002" N,
145 ° 47' 39.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Three Mile Bay in Detail.

About

Opens into S shore of Orca Inlet 2 mi SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1960 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS). So called because it is three miles from Cordova.

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Common Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Green-winged Teal, Barrow's Goldeneye, Rock Sandpiper, Mallard, Canada Goose, Northern Pintail, Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Cackling Goose, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Pectoral Sandpiper, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, American Crow, Black-legged Kittiwake, Northern Shoveler, Sandhill Crane, White-winged Crossbill, Black Turnstone, Bonaparte's Gull, Pine Siskin, Whimbrel, White-winged Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Goldeneye, American Robin, Caspian tern, Marbled Godwit, Arctic Tern, Common Redpoll, Lapland Longspur, Dark-eyed Junco, Bald Eagle, Hudsonian Godwit, Semipalmated Plover, Marbled Murrelet, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red Crossbill, Common Merganser, Gadwall, Black-billed Magpie, Black Oystercatcher, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Savannah Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Violet-green Swallow, Varied Thrush, Fox Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-bellied Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Steller's Jay, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Hermit Thrush, Buff-bellied Pipit, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Rufous Hummingbird, Short-billed Dowitcher, Herring Gull, Aleutian Tern, Northern Harrier, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood-Pewee, Cliff Swallow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Canvasback, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Surfbird, Baird's Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Western Screech-Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, American Dipper, Snow Bunting

Places Near Three Mile Bay
Cities:

Eyak,

Bars:

Fleming Spit, Gatherer Rock, Government Rock, North Rock, Shag Rock, South Rock, Twin Rocks,

Bays:

Alice Cove, Cedar Bay, Deep Bay, Eccles Lagoon, Hartney Bay, Hidden Cove, Middle Arm, Mud Bay, Nelson Bay, Odiak Slough, Sheep Bay, Shipyard Bay, Simpson Bay, Three Mile Bay, Windy Bay,

Capes:

Point Whitshed, Big Point, Bluff Point, Bomb Point, Fox Point, Gravel Point, Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Sheep Point, Shepard Point,

Channels:

Egg Island Channel, The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, Orca Inlet, Western Channel,

Cities:

Cordova,

Dams:

Apw Dam Number 1, APW Dam Number 2, Eyak Lake Dam, Humpback Creek Number 1 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 2 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 3 Dam, Meals Lake Dam,

Islands:

Boy Scout Island, Channel Islands, Egg Islands, Grass Island, Hanks Island, Mavis Island, North Island, Observation Island, Spike Island,

Lakes:

Crater Lake, Eyak Lake, Hole-in-the-wall, Ibeck Pond, Meals Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Sahlin Lagoon, Sahlin Lake, Scout Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Mount Robert Korn, Mount Shiels, Tripod Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Center Slough, Joe Reeves Slough, Johnson Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Heney Range,

Rivers:

Eyak River, Rude River, Sheep River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Cedar Creek, Currin Slough, Deep Creek, Eccles Creek, Fleming Creek, Government Slough, Hartney Creek, Hemlock Creek, Heney Creek, Hidden Creek, Humpback Creek, Ibeck Creek, Koppen Creek, Lydick Slough, Mountain Slough, Nicolet Creek, Orca Creek, Parson Falls Creek, Power Creek, Raging Creek, Robinson Falls Creek, Rogue Creek, Sahlin Creek, Simpson Creek, Snyder Falls Creek, Spruce Creek, Wesley Falls Creek, Windy Creek,

Routes:

Eyak Trail,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca, Whitshed,

Waterfalls:

Ohman Falls, Sahlin Falls,