Information About

Glacier Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 49' 26" N,
149 ° 11' 6" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Palmer

Tributary to

Reed Creek

Elevation

2795 ft (851.92 m)

Glacier Creek in Detail.

About

flows SE to Reed Creek, 16 mi. NW of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts. 1.5 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1950 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Anchorage D-6 (1950), Anchorage D-6 (1950), Anchorage D-6 (1950), Anchorage D-6 (1950), Anchorage D-6 (1950), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage D-6 (1952), Anchorage D-6 (1952), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage D-6 (1994), Anchorage D-6 SW (2016),
Places Near Glacier Creek
Airports:

Microdot Ridge,

Crags:

4th of July Wall,

Dams:

Independence Mine Dam, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 2,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210960E61831N, Mint Glacier,

Lakes:

Anderson Lake, Cornelius Lake, Dandy Lake, Dry Lake, Elks Lake, Gold Cord Lake, Gooding Lake, Hart Lake, Kennedy Lake, Kings Lake, Kleinsmith Lake, Lower Reed Lake, Meier Lake, Neklason Lake, Paradise Lake, Pinnacle Lake, Reed Lake, Seventeenmile Lake, Summit Lake, Upper Reed Lake, Walby Lake, Wishbone Lake, Wolf Lake, Wolverine Lake,

Locales:

7 Sacred Chutes, April Bowl, Baby Ruth, Bennet's Ridge, Black Prospect, Eldorodo Bowl, Face of Hatch, Fairangel Cirque Gully, Farside, Gold Chord Death Traverse, Lake Run, Lake Run, Nixon's Nose, Nosebleed, Nunatak East, Nunatak West, Point 30, Rock Garden, Seldom Seen, Stairstep, Sunnyside, Sunnyside of Hatch, Swimmin' Tims, The Glades, The Lost Couloir, Valley of Sin, Wimp Bowl, Womens Run,

Mine:

Arch Prospect, Baxter Mine, Black Prospect, Buffalo Mine, Eldorado Mine, Fern Mine, Gold Bullion Mine, Gold Cord Mine, High Grade Mine, Holland Prospect, Independence Mine, Kelly-Willow Prospect, Lane Prospect, Lonesome Mine, Mabel Mine, Marion Twin Mine, Martin Mine, Matanuska Sinner Mine, New Black Diamond Mine, Premier Mine, Rae-Wallace Mine, Schroff-O-Neil Mine, Snowbird Mine, Talkeetna Mine, War Baby Mine, Webfoot Prospect,

Mountains:

Bullion Mountain, Government Peak, Idaho Peak, Marmot Mountain, Montana Peak, Skyscraper Mountain,

Parks:

Independence Mine State Historical Park, Finger Lake State Recreation Site, Moose Creek State Recreation Area, Wolf Lake State Recreation Site,

Mountain Passes:

Backdoor Gap, Birthday Pass, Bomber-in-a-day Pass, Dogsled Pass, Friendship Pass, Grizzly Pass, Hatcher Pass, Moosehead Pass, Point 40, Sobriety Pass,

Peaks:

3 Bell Spire, Arkose Peak, Blueberry Knoll, Delia Benchmark, Dewlap Peak, Didikama, Doublemint, Fairangel Cirque, Fairangel Peak, Fish Peak, Gold Chord, Good Hope Towers, Granite Mountain, Hatch Peak, Higher Spire, Hunchback Spire, Lower Spire, Luck Peak, Lynx Peak, Managemint, Microdot, Nelteni, Nunatak, Outpost Peak, Ozone, Parlimint, Pass Peak, Peppermint, The Pinnacle, Rae-Wallace, Rainy Day Knoll, Spearmint, Teeny Weene, Telemint, Tenemint, Top Peak, Triplemint, Troublemint, Turnkey Peak, Vegetarian Peak, Yisbo,

Ridges:

Arkose Ridge, Bald Mountain Ridge, Murphy Ridge, President's Ridge,

Routes:

Mile 16 Ski Run, Paradise Ski Run,

Streams:

Archangel Creek, Bartholf Creek, Buffalo Creek, Carnegie Creek, Delia Creek, East Fork Fishhook Creek, Fairangel Creek, Fishhook Creek, Glacier Creek, Goodhope Creek, Government Creek, Hatcher Creek, Homestake Creek, Iron Creek, Moose Creek, Premier Creek, Reed Creek, Sidney Creek, Upper Willow Creek, Wolverine Creek,

Routes:

April Bowl Trail, Arch Prospect Trail, Assay Spur Trail, Blueberry Knoll Trail, Fairangel Trail, Gold Cord Lake Trail, Gold Mint Trail, Hard Rock 2 Trail, Hard Rock Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 1, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 2, Hatcher Pass Winter Maintenance Trail, Independence Mine Trail, Lane Basin (Old Road) Trail, Lane Basin Trail, Marmot Mountain Trail, Martin Mill Trail, Mill Loop Trail, Rae-Wallace Mine Trail, Reed Lakes Trail, Snow Trail to Lodge, Snowbird Trail,

Valleys:

Cable Valley, Lone Tree Gulch, Matanuska Valley, Tsadaka Canyon,