Information About

Falls Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Falls Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 59' 3.001" N,
149 ° 34' 27.001" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Eagle River

Elevation

49 ft (14.94 m)

Falls Creek in Detail.

About

flows S to Turnagain Arm, 7.5 mi. NW of Sunrise, Chugach Mts. 2.5 miles long.

History

Local name published in 1922 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the falls on the stream."

Places Near Falls Creek
Cities:

The Wing,

Airports:

Wolf Peak,

Beaches:

Patricks Beach (not official),

Capes:

Beluga Point, Bird Point, Gull Rock, Snipers Point, 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:

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

Locales:

Austrian Bowl, Ball Field, Bidarka, Black Lake Chute, Binge Bowl, Death Bowls, German Bowl, Hugh's Bowl, Italian Bowl, KCK, North Wedgie, O'Malley Gully, South Wedgie, Symphony Tarns, Thin White Line, Tiki Cruiser, Windboard Love, Wolverine Chutes,

Mountains:

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

Parks:

Arnold L Muldoon Park, Chugach State Park, Far North Bicentennial Park, Forsythe Park, Hillside Park, Potter Ravine Park, Storck Park,

Mountain Passes:

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

Peaks:

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

Ridges:

Bird Ridge,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Bonanza Creek, Cannonball Creek, Canyon Creek, Caribou Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cripple Creek, Cub Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Gulch Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Johnson Creek, McHugh Creek, Middle Branch South Fork Chester Creek, Nelson Creek, North Fork Ship Creek, Old Woman Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Porcupine Creek, Rainbow Creek, Resurrection Creek, Rimrock Creek, Sixmile Creek, South Branch South Fork Chester Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Walker Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Willow Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Alder Trail, Alder Trail Part 2, Anchorage Overlook Trail, Avalanche Peak, Ballpark Trail, Bird Creek Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley 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, Lost Cabin Valley Trail, McHugh Lake Trail, Middle Fork Loop Trail, Near Point Trail, North Fork Trail, Panorama View Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak 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:

Campbell Creek Canyon, Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Basher, Bonibrook, Hope, Indian, Sunrise,