Information About

Glacier Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 56' 12.998" N,
149 ° 10' 22.001" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Girdwood

Tributary to

Turnagain Arm

Wildlife

Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon

Glacier Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Turnagain Arm near Girwood, 10 mi. NE of Sunrise, Chugach Mts. 10 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1898 by Mendenhall (1900, p. 318), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Glacier Creek Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Glacier Creek.

Topo Maps

Seward D-6 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-6 (1952), Seward D-6 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-6 Nw (1984), Seward D-6 (1994), Seward D-6 NW (2017),
Places Near Glacier Creek
Capes:

Bird Point,

Cities:

Girdwood,

Streams:

Davis Creek,

Glaciers:

Emerald Glacier, Peterson Creek Glacier, Bird Glacier, Clear Glacier, Crow Glacier, Eagle Glacier, Flute Glacier, Glacier G210678E61146N, Glacier G210726E60839N, Glacier G210908E61055N, Glacier G210920E61083N, Glacier G210924E61072N, Glacier G210932E61081N, Glacier G210932E61081N, Glacier G210937E60962N, Glacier G210945E60953N, Glacier G210951E60950N, Glacier G210956E61100N, Glacier G210995E60941N, Glacier G211009E61041N, Glacier G211014E60947N, Glacier G211027E60998N, Glacier G211029E60937N, Glacier G211036E60963N, Kern Creek Glacier, Milk Glacier, Organ Glacier, Raven Glacier,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Candyland, Frozen Flame,

Lakes:

Crystal Lake, Luebner Lake,

Locales:

Bird,

Mine:

Brenner Mine, Crow Creek Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Mount Alyeska, Barnes Mountain, Baumann Bump, Bird Peak, Blueberry Hill, Bradley Peak, Calliope Mountain, Camp Robber Peak, Cornbiscuit, Crow Peak, Goat Mountain, Hibbs Peak, Hut Peak, Jewel Mountain, Kickstep Mountain, Lingon Mountain, Magpie Peak, Notch Mountain, Organ Mountain, Polar Bear Peak, Raggedtop Mountain, Rook Mountain, Summit Mountain, Sunburst, Tincan Peak,

Parks:

Chugach State Park,

Mountain Passes:

Archangel Pass, Bird Creek Pass, Crow Pass, Moraine Pass, Steamroller Pass, Turnagain Pass,

Peaks:

A1, Adelie Point, Bearberry Point, Berg Peak, Bramble Knoll, California Peak, Chinstrap Peak, Crested Peak, East Kinglet Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fishs Breath, Flying Cornice, Gentoo Peak, Granddaddy, Grey Jay Peak, Highbush Peak, Lowbush Peak, Middle Kinglet Peak, Middle Raven Peak, Nest Peak, North Raven Peak, Pastoral Peak, Penguin Peak, Pyramid Peak, Roost Peak, Saghala Point, South Raven Peak, Tincan Roadside, West Kinglet Peak, Yudi Peak,

Ridges:

Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge,

Rivers:

Placer River, Twentymile River,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, 1st Bowl, 2nd Bowl, 3rd Bowl, 4th Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Center Ridge, Cornbiscuit, Eddy's, Gods Country, Lipps, Little Sweden, Magnum, Pete's North, Pete's South, Sunburst, The Library, Wolverine, Zero Bowl,

Streams:

Bertha Creek, California Creek, Camp Creek, Center Creek, Crow Creek, Glacier Creek, Ingram Creek, Kern Creek, Lyon Creek, Milk Creek, Peterson Creek, Petes Creek, Portage Creek, Sawmill Creek, Seattle Creek, Silvertip Creek, Skookum Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Taylor Creek, Tincan Creek, Virgin Creek, Winner Creek, Wolverine Creek,

Routes:

Abe's Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Cali Creek Trail, Crow Pass Trail, Indian to Bird Bike Trail, Jewel Mountain, Johnson Pass Trail,

Valleys:

Glacier Gulch, Placer River Valley,

Cities:

Alyeska, Silvertip,