Information About

Coal Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 47' 10" N,
148 ° 25' 30" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Glacier View

Elevation

807 ft (245.97 m)

Coal Creek in Detail.

About

heads at glacier terminus and flows NW to Matanuska River, 26 mi. NE of Palmer, Chugach Mts.

History

Descriptive name reported in 1898 by Mendenhall (1900, p. 324), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). So named "because of coal outcrops in the bed of the stream."

Topo Maps

Anchorage D-4 (1948), Anchorage D-4 (1948), Anchorage D-4 (1948), Anchorage D-4 (1948), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage D-4 (1952), Anchorage D-4 (1952), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage D-4 (1994), Anchorage D-4 SW (2016),

Places Near Coal Creek

Areas:

Nuk-din-itnu Kaq-, T-uy Kaq-,

Flats:

Boulder Creek Flats,

Glaciers:

Metal Creek Glacier,

Routes:

Turquoise Dragon,

Lakes:

Bonnie Lake, Drill Lake, Fish Lake, Harrison Lake, Ida Lake, Long Lake, Ravine Lake, Rush Lake, Thirtymile Lake, Upper Bonnie Lake,

Mountains:

Castle Mountain, Kings Mountain, Puddingstone Hill, Wardies Peak,

Peaks:

Ice Cream Cone Mountain,

Rivers:

Chickaloon River,

Streams:

Black Shale Creek, Boulder Creek, Boulder Creek, California Creek, Carbon Creek, Carpenter Creek, Coal Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Doone Creek, Linquist Creek, Moss Creek, Riley Creek, Saw Mill Creek, Sawmill Creek,

Routes:

Chickaloon River Trail, Chickaloon Trail,

Cities:

Chickaloon,