Information About

Rude River

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 40' 0.998" N,
145 ° 37' 26" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Length

16 mi (25.75 km)

Rude River in Detail.

About

Flows SW to the head of Orca Inlet, Nelson Bay, 10 mi NE of Cordova, Chugach Mountains.

History

Locally named for Gilbert Rude, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); name published by the Norris Peters Company of their 1911 map of Orca Bay.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova C-5 (1953), Cordova C-5 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova C-5 (2000), Cordova C-5 NE (2014),

Places Near Rude River

Cities:

Eyak,

Bars:

Fleming Spit, North Rock, South Rock,

Bays:

Deep Bay, Eccles Lagoon, Middle Arm, Mud Bay, Nelson Bay, Odiak Slough, Shipyard Bay, Three Mile Bay,

Capes:

Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Shepard Point,

Channels:

The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, Western Channel,

Cities:

Cordova,

Dams:

Apw Dam Number 1, APW Dam Number 2, Eyak Lake Dam, Humpback Creek Number 1 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 2 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 3 Dam, Meals Lake Dam,

Glaciers:

Cordova Glacier, Glacier G214237E60874N, Glacier G214260E60794N, Glacier G214282E60871N, Glacier G214285E60829N, Glacier G214286E60849N, Glacier G214289E60837N, Glacier G214291E60861N, Glacier G214364E60797N,

Islands:

Boy Scout Island, Channel Islands, Grass Island, Mavis Island, North Island, Observation Island, Spike Island,

Lakes:

Beaver Lake, Cabin Lake, Corser Lake, Crater Lake, Eleanor Lake, Lake Elsner, Eyak Lake, Ibeck Pond, Island Lake, Meals Lake, Meeks Pond, Middle Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Rude Lake, Scott Lake, Scout Lake, Sellen Lake, Siamese Lakes,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Kelly Mountain, Pontoon, Mount Robert Korn, Mount Shiels, Snyder Mountain, Tripod Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Center Slough, Joe Reeves Slough, Johnson Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Heney Range,

Rivers:

Eyak River, Rude River,

Streams:

Big Glacier Slough,

Streams:

Beartrail Creek, Currin Slough, Deep Creek, Eccles Creek, Fleming Creek, Government Slough, Heney Creek, Humpback Creek, Ibeck Creek, Lydick Slough, Mountain Slough, Nicolet Creek, Parson Falls Creek, Power Creek, Raging Creek, Robinson Falls Creek, Rogue Creek, Snyder Falls Creek, Wesley Falls Creek,

Routes:

Eyak Trail, Lake Elsner Trail, Sheridan Mountain Trail,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca,

Waterfalls:

Ohman Falls,