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Snipers Point

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 54' 29.999" N,
149 ° 24' 31" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Snipers Point in Detail.

About

On the N end of the kenai Peninsula, on the S side of Turnagain Arm near the mouth of Sixmile Creek, 1 mi NE of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1899 by Lieutenant Herron (1901, map facing p.11), USA.

Places Near Snipers Point
Cities:

The Wing,

Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point, Windy Point,

Streams:

Davis Creek, Middle Fork Campbell Creek,

Glaciers:

Bird Glacier, Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Black Lake Falls, Candyland, Even Hookers Get the Blues, Flame Out, O’Malley Falls, Organ Pipes, Ptarmigan Pillar, Ski Tracks, Water World,

Lakes:

Hidden Lake, Long Lake, Rabbit Lake, Ship Lake, Williwan Lakes,

Locales:

Ball Field, Bidarka, Bird, Black Lake Chute, North Wedgie, South Wedgie, Thin White Line, Windboard Love,

Mine:

Bruhn-Ray Mine, Connoly Mine, Downing Mine, Frenchy Creek Mine, Gilpatrick Mine, Hirshey Mine, Nearhouse Mine, Sunshine Lakes, Swetmann Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Avalanche Mountain, Bidarka Peak, Bird Peak, Bradley Peak, Cornbiscuit, Indianhouse Mountain, O-Malley Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, The Ramp, South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, The Wedge, Mount Williwaw,

Mountain Passes:

Archangel Pass, Bird Creek Pass, Indian Creek Pass, Moraine Pass, Powerline Pass, Sail Feather Pass, South Ship Lake Pass, West Ship Lake Pass,

Peaks:

Adelie Point, Birds Eye Peak, California Peak, Chinstrap Peak, Crested Peak, Double Top North, East Kinglet Peak, Elliot, Falls Peak, False Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fishs Breath, Fresno Benchmark, Hidden Peak, Homicide Peak, Hope Mountain, Middle Kinglet Peak, Nest Peak, North Avalanche Mountain, North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Penguin Peak, Shaman Dome, Silvertip, South Avalanche Mountain, South Powerline Peak, Tail Feather Peak, The Sail, West Kinglet Peak,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge, Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Cornbiscuit, Frenchy, Fresno, Lipps, Lonestar, Magnum, Moose, Pete's North, Pete's South, Tributary, Wilson North, Wilson South, Zero Bowl,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Beaver Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Block Creek, Bonanza Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cub Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Granite Creek, Gulch Creek, Indian Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Woman Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Roaring Creek, Sawmill Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tincan Creek, Tributary Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wilson Creek,

Routes:

Avalanche Peak, Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Hidden Lake Trail, Indian Creek Pass Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, McHugh Lake Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Powerline Trail, Ptarmigan Pass Trail, Ramp Trail, Ship Lake Pass Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail,

Cities:

Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,