Information About

Arden Point

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 9' 32" N,
134 ° 10' 41.002" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Arden Point in Detail.

About

in Stephens Passage, on N coast of Glass Peninsula, 2 mi. N of Cove Point and 13 mi. SE of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Discovered by Joseph Whidbey August 8, 1794, and named by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 275) in honor of Richard P. Arden, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, and a friend of Pitt (Wagner, 1937, p. 373).

Places Near Arden Point
Cities:

Sikanasankian, Treadwell,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats,

Basins:

Last Chance Basin, Silverbow Basin,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Fool Inlet, Green Cove, King Salmon Bay, Limestone Inlet, Oliver Inlet, Scow Cove, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Sunny Cove, Swan Cove, Taku Harbor, Taku Inlet,

Beaches:

Ready Bullion Beach,

Capes:

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, Davidson Point, False Arden, Flat Point, Grave Point, Greely Point, Icy Point, Jaw Point, Point Salisbury, Southeast End, Station Point, Stockade Point, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point,

Dams:

Annex Lakes Dam, Taku Cannery Dam,

Glaciers:

Ptarmigan Glacier, Quartz Glacier,

Hills:

Jamestown Hill, Taku Hill,

Islands:

Grand Island, Juneau Island, Marmion Island, South Island,

Lakes:

Annex Lakes, Bart Lake, Lake Dorothy, Lieuy Lake, Taku Lake,

Mountains:

Annex Peak, Arthur Peak, Bulger Hill, Butler Peak, Cairn Peak, Clark Peak, Deadview Peak, Gastineau Peak, Groundhog Hill, Hawthorne Peak, Irving Peak, Limestone Bluffs, Martin Peak, Matin Peak, McDonough Peak, Middle Peak, Mineral Hill, North Rhine Peak, Observation Peak, Olds Mountain, Roberts Peak, Sheep Mountain, South Rhine Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, True Summit, Vesper Peak, West Peak, West Summit, Williams Mountain,

Parks:

Oliver Inlet State Marine Park, Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Annex Ridge, Gold Ridge, Hawthorne Ridge, The Horn, Juneau Ridge, Powerline Ridge, Ptarmigan Ridge, Salmon Creek Divide, Salmon Ridge, Sheep Creek Divide, The Thoroughfare, Twin Summit Ridge,

Rivers:

King Salmon River, Salmon Fork,

Streams:

Annex Creek, Bear Creek, Bear Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bullion Creek, Carlson Creek, Cross Bay Creek, Davidson Creek, Dorothy Creek, Dupont Creek, Falls Creek, Gold Fork, Granite Creek, Grindstone Creek, Groundhog Creek (historical), Ice Creek, Little Sheep Creek, Lurvey Creek, Nevada Creek, Paris Creek, Ready Bullion Creek, Rhine Creek, Sheep Creek, Sheep Fork, Snowslide Creek, Turner Creek,

Routes:

Marmion Island Trail, Mount Roberts Trail, Point Bishop - Dupont Trail,

Valleys:

Arctic Gulch, Crooked Gulch, Dix Gulch, Geary Gulch, Glacier Basin, Goldstein Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Hardscrabble Gulch, Icy Gulch, Lurvey Basin, Marmot Valley, Nugget Gulch, Prospect Gulch, Quartz Gulch (historical), Roberts Gulch, Sheep Creek Basin, Snowslide Gulch, Specimen Creek, Spring Gulch, Timber Gulch,

Cities:

Douglas, Taku Harbor, Thane,

Waterfalls:

Alaska Chief Falls, Ebner Falls, Grindstone Falls, Lost Rocker Falls, Suicide Falls,