Information About

Limestone Bluffs

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 3' 10.001" N,
133 ° 58' 30" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Parent

Coast Mountains

Elevation

3294 ft (1004.01 m)

Limestone Bluffs in Detail.

About

on N shore of Limestone Inlet, Stephens Passage, 25 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN) (in Baker, 1906, p. 404), who says, "* * * From a remarkable looking streak on the side of the mountain forming the west side of the inlet I called it 'Limestone Inlet' and the mountain 'Limestone Bluff'." This name does not appear on current maps.

Topo Maps

Taku River A-6 (1951), Taku River A-6 (1951), Taku River A-6 (1951), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River A-6 SW (2017),

Places Near Limestone Bluffs

Cities:

Bars:

Cherokee Flats,

Bays:

Limestone Inlet, Mallard Cove, Slocum Inlet, Port Snettisham, Suicide Cove, Taku Harbor, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Point Anmer, Arden Point, Bishop Point, Bogert Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, Grave Point, Greely Point, Prospect Point, Sentinel Point, Sharp Point, Station Point, Stockade Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Dams:

Taku Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Bug Island, Fannie Island, Grand Island, Midway Islands, Mist Island, South Island,

Lakes:

Bart Lake, Crater Lake, Lake Dorothy, Lieuy Lake, Long Lake, Taku Lake,

Mine:

Friday Mine, Whigg Placer Mine,

Mountains:

Arthur Peak, Butler Peak, Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Irving Peak, Limestone Bluffs, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, South Rhine Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, Webster Peak, Williams Mountain,

Parks:

Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Streams:

Anmer Creek, Dorothy Creek, Grindstone Creek, Limestone Creek, Mist Creek, Prospect Creek, Rhine Creek,

Valleys:

Cities: