Information About

Osar Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Osar Creek on The Map

Location

63 ° 2' 8.999" N,
146 ° 53' 24" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Eureka

Elevation

2884 ft (879.04 m)

Osar Creek in Detail.

About

Heads W of Crazy Notch, flows SW through several lakes along Denali Highway to Clearwater Creek, 0.5 mi below the mouth of Little Clearwater Creek, 41 mi. S of Mount Hayes, Alaska Range.

History

Named in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists. "The name is the plural of the Swedish word for edker, and the stream parallels and esker through its entire upper course."