Information About

Long Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Long Creek on The Map

Location

62 ° 37' 27.998" N,
150 ° 40' 41.002" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Petersville

Elevation

725 ft (220.98 m)

Long Creek in Detail.

About

between Dutch and Peters Hills, formed by junction of Canyon and Divide Creeks, flows NE to Tokositna River, 27 mi. NW of Talkeetna, Alaska Range

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1911 by S. R. Capps (in Brooks, 1912, pl. 9 and p. 196), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In 1906 R. W. Porter, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), applied the name "Dog Creek" to the same feature.