Information About

California Ridge

Quick Facts

Open in The Map California Ridge on The Map

Location

55 ° 21' 38.999" N,
131 ° 47' 39.001" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Ketchikan

Elevation

2247 ft (684.89 m)

California Ridge in Detail.

About

extends NW from Bostwick Point to Vallenar Point, on Gravina I., Alex. Arch. 14 miles long.

History

Named in 1883 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), probably for the steamer California.

Places Near California Ridge
Archipelagos:

Blank Islands, Tatoosh Islands,

Areas:

Tatoosh Rocks, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bailey Rock, Bittersweet Rock, Bolles Ledge, California Rock, Fillmore Rock, Idaho Rock, Kelp Rocks, Lewis Reef, Lively Rock, Ohio Rock, Pennock Reef, Phocena Rocks, Pond Reef, Potter Rock, Rosa Reef, Walden Rocks,

Bays:

Bald Headed Cove, Black Sand Cove, Blank Inlet, Bond Bay, Bostwick Inlet, Clam Cove, Dall Bay, Dutch Harbor, Grant Cove, Knudson Cove, Long Arm, Moser Bay, Mud Bay, Nehenta Bay, Nelson Cove, Open Bay (not official), Phocana Bay, Phocena Bay, Radenbough Cove, Refuge Cove, Seal Cove, Sylburn Harbor, Totem Bight, Vallenar Bay, Ward Cove, Whisky Cove,

Beaches:

Black Sand Beach,

Capes:

Point Higgins, Bar Point, Betton Point, Blank Point, Bostwick Point, Caamano Point, Charcoal Point, Cod Point, Dall Head, Driest Point, Gravina Point, Lewis Point, Peninsula Point, Potter Point, Rock Point, South Vallenar Point, Survey Point, Tatoosh Point, Vallenar Point, Walden Point, Windy Point,

Channels:

Clover Passage, Inside Passage, Nichols Passage, Tongass Narrow, Tongass Narrows, Tongass Narrows,

Cities:

Ketchikan, Saxman,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Ketchikan Debris Control Dam, Ketchikan Diversion Dam, Ketchikan Lakes Dam, Lake Connell Dam, North Fawn Lake Dam, Saxman Dam, Saxman Lower Reservoir Dam, South Fawn Lake Dam,

Fictional Places:

Elmo,

Hills:

Brush Hill, Cove Mountain, Judy Hill, Level Mountain,

Islands:

Back Island, Betton Island, Channel Island, Clover Island, Danger Island, East Clump, East Island, Grant Island, Gravina Island, Gravina Islands, Guard Islands, Hump Island, Joe Island, Moser Island, Murdo Island, Pennock Island, Pup Island, Seal Cove Rocks, Stack Island, Vallenar Rock, Wedge Island, Wedge Islands,

Lakes:

Bostwick Lake, Carlanna Lake, Connell Lake, Downdraft Lake, Lake Emery Tobin, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Granite Basin, Harriet Hunt Lake, Lower and Upper Ketchikan Lakes, Lower Ketchikan Lake, Lower Wolf Lake, Lake Perseverance, Scout Lake, Talbot Lake, Upper Ketchikan Lake, Upper Wolf Lake, Ward Lake,

Mountains:

Betton Head, Brown Mountain, Chapin Peak, Curve Mountain, Deer Mountain, Deer Mountains, Diana Mountain, Doe Mountain, Dude Mountain, Fish Mountain, Flat Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, Juno Mountain, Mount Marr, Minerva Mountain, Nipple Mountain, Plain Mountain, Punch Hill, The Puppets, Signal Mountain, Smooth Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Thornton Mountain, Ward Mountain,

Parks:

Black Sands Beach State Marine Park, Dall Bay State Marine Park, Totem Bight State Historical Park,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge, Slide Ridge,

Streams:

Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, First Waterfall Creek, Government Creek, Halibut Creek, Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Lunch Creek, Perseverance Creek, Second Waterfall Creek, Signal Creek, Trollers Creek, Vallenar Creek, Walsh Creek, Ward Creek, Whipple Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Coast Guard Beach Trail, Connell Lake Trail, Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail, Dude Mountain Trail, Minerva Mountain Trail, Perseverance Trail, Silvis Lakes Traverse, Ward Lake Trail, Wolf Lake Trail,

Cities:

Carlanna, Clover Pass, Mud Bay, Peninsula Point, Pennock Island, Port Higgins, Refuge Cove, Shoreline Drive, Ward Cove,