Information About

Olds Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 20' 7.001" N,
134 ° 17' 56" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

4298 ft (1310.03 m)

Olds Mountain in Detail.

About

3 mi. N of Sheep Mtn. and 5 mi. NE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named for John Olds, 1850-1910, pioneer, Juneau miner, and hotel man. He went to Alaska from England in 1877 and did prospecting and mining around Wrangell and Sitka before going to Juneau in 1880 with the first group of miners to leave from Sitka (DeArmond, 1957, p. 33). The name "Olds Mountain" was published by W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1902.

Places Near Olds Mountain
Cities:

New Boston, Sikanasankian, Treadwell, Tsantikihin,

Areas:

Gull City,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats,

Basins:

Evergreen Bowl, Last Chance Basin, Lower Basin, Middle Basin, Silverbow Basin, Upper Basin,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Green Cove, Oliver Inlet, Sunny Cove,

Beaches:

Ready Bullion Beach,

Capes:

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, False Arden, Point Hilda, Icy Point, Norway Point, Point Salisbury, Southeast End, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point,

Channels:

Gastineau Channel,

Cities:

Juneau,

Cliffs:

Two Echo Cliffs,

Dams:

Annex Lakes Dam, Douglas Island Reservoir Dam, Salmon Creek Dam, Switzer Creek Number 2 Dam,

Glaciers:

Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Leaking Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, North Branch Norris Glacier, Nugget Creek Glacier, Ptarmigan Glacier, Quartz Glacier, Southwest Branch Taku Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall,

Hills:

Court House Hill, Jamestown Hill, Starr Hill, Taku Hill,

Islands:

Douglas Island, Juneau Island, Marmion Island,

Lakes:

Annex Lakes, Glory Lake, Loon Lakes, Oona Lake, Young Lake,

Mountains:

Amherst Peak, Annex Peak, Mount Bradley, Bulger Hill, Bullard Mountain, Cairn Peak, Clark Peak, Deadview Peak, Gastineau Peak, Glacier Grub Tower, Groundhog Hill, Guardian Mountain, Hawthorne Peak, Mount Juneau, Mount Maria, Martin Peak, Matin Peak, McDonough Peak, Middle Peak, Mineral Hill, Norris Mountain, North Nugget Spire, North Rhine Peak, Nugget Mountain, Observation Peak, Olds Mountain, Roberts Peak, Saddle Mountain, Scorpion Peak, Sheep Mountain, Slanting Peak, South Rhine Peak, Spencer Peak, Split Thumb, Table Top Mountain, Thoroughfare Mountain, Topless Peak, Mount Troy, True Summit, Vesper Peak, West Peak, West Summit, Mount Wrather,

Mountain Passes:

Echo Pass, Echo Pass, Igloo Pass,

Ridges:

Annex Ridge, Blackerby Ridge, Canyon Ridge, Chicken Ridge, Gold Ridge, Hawthorne Ridge, Heintzleman Ridge, The Horn, Juneau Ridge, Mendenhall Towers, Norris-Taku Ridge, Nugget Towers, Powerline Ridge, Ptarmigan Ridge, Salmon Creek Divide, Salmon Ridge, Sheep Creek Divide, Sol Thumb, The Thoroughfare, Twin Summit Ridge,

Rivers:

Salmon Fork,

Streams:

Annex Creek, Bear Creek, Bear Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bullion Creek, Canyon Creek, Canyon Creek, Carlson Creek, Cross Bay Creek, Dupont Creek, Eagle Creek, Fall Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Goat Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Fork, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Grindstone Creek, Groundhog Creek (historical), Hilda Creek, Ice Creek, Kowee Creek, Lawson Creek, Lemon Creek, Little Sheep Creek, Lurvey Creek, Neilson Creek, Nevada Creek, Paris Creek, Ready Bullion Creek, Rhine Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Sheep Creek, Sheep Fork, Snowslide Creek, Stink Creek, Switzer Creek, Vista Creek,

Routes:

Marmion Island Trail, Lemon Creek Trail, Moller Ski Trail, Mount Roberts Trail, Nugget Creek Trail, Perserverance Trail, Point Bishop - Dupont Trail,

Valleys:

Arctic Gulch, Crooked Gulch, Death Valley, Dix Gulch, Geary Gulch, Glacier Basin, Gold Creek Valley, Goldstein Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Hardscrabble Gulch, Icy Gulch, Impregnable Basin, 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, Lemon Creek, Starr Hill, Thane, Vanderbilt Hill, West Juneau,

Waterfalls:

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