Information About

Government Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 40' 7" N,
149 ° 19' 49.001" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Wasilla

Elevation

554 ft (168.86 m)

Government Creek in Detail.

About

heads on Bald Mountain Ridge, flows S to Little Susitna River, 8.5 mi. NW of Palmer, Cook Inlet Low. 5.6 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1913 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Brooks and others, 1914, fig. 2).

Topo Maps

Anchorage C-7 (1950), Anchorage C-7 (1950), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage C-7 (1951), Anchorage C-7 (1952), Anchorage C-7 (1952), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage C-7 NE (1979), Anchorage C-7 NE (1979), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage C-7 (1994), Anchorage C-7 NE (2016),
Places Near Government Creek
Airports:

Microdot Ridge,

Areas:

Ch-atan Kaq-, Chuqilin Kaq-, Skitnu Hdakaq-,

Cities:

Wasilla,

Crags:

4th of July Wall,

Dams:

Independence Mine Dam, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 1, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 2,

Flats:

Duck Flats, Eklutna Flats,

Lakes:

Anderson Lake, Baird Lake, Black Lake, Bradley Lake, Canoe Lake, Chignaki Pond, Clear Lake, Cornelius Lake, Cottonwood Lake, Dandy Lake, Dinkel Lake, Dry Lake, Duck Lake, Dusk Lake, Echo Lake, Emerald Lake, Ezi Slough, Finger Lake, Gold Cord Lake, Gooding Lake, Hart Lake, High Ridge Lake, Irene Lake, Jacobsen Lake, Johnson Lake, Kennedy Lake, Kepler Lake, Kings Lake, Klaire Lake, Loberg Lake, Long Lake, Lower Reed Lake, Lucile Lake, Matanuska Lake, McLeod Lake, Meier Lake, Memory Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Neklason Lake, Nik-udatl-ech-a Bena, Paradise Lake, Pinnacle Lake, Reed Lake, Reedy Lake, Reflections Lake, Summit Lake, Triangle Lake, Upper Reed Lake, Walby Lake, Wasilla Lake, Weinie Lake, Wolf 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, Black Prospect, Conrock North Pit, Eldorado Mine, Fern Mine, Gold Bullion Mine, Gold Cord Mine, High Grade Mine, Holland Prospect, Independence Mine, Kelly-Willow Prospect, Lane Prospect, Lonesome Mine, Lucky Shot Mine, Mabel Mine, Marion Twin Mine, Martin Mine, Rae-Wallace Mine, Schroff-O-Neil Mine, Snowbird Mine, Talkeetna Mine, Thorpe Mine, War Baby Mine, Webfoot Prospect,

Mountains:

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

Parks:

Independence Mine State Historical Park, Finger Lake State Recreation Site, Wolf Lake State Recreation Site,

Mountain Passes:

Birthday Pass, Cottonwood Slough, Dogsled Pass, Friendship Pass, Hatcher Pass, Palmer Slough, Point 40, Rabbit Slough, Spring Creek,

Peaks:

Blueberry Knoll, Delia Benchmark, Didikama, Fairangel Cirque, Fairangel Peak, Fish Peak, Gold Chord, Good Hope Towers, Granite Mountain, Hatch Peak, Higher Spire, Lower Spire, Luck Peak, Lynx Peak, Microdot, Nunatak, Outpost Peak, Parlimint, Pass Peak, The Pinnacle, Rae-Wallace, Top Peak, Turnkey Peak, Yisbo,

Ridges:

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

Rivers:

Eklutna River, Knik River, Matanuska River,

Routes:

Mile 16 Ski Run, Paradise Ski Run,

Streams:

Archangel Creek, Carnegie Creek, Coal Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Craigie Creek, Delia Creek, East Fork Fishhook Creek, East Fork Sawmill Creek, Ezi Slough, Fairangel Creek, Fishhook Creek, Francie Creek, Glacier Creek, Goodhope Creek, Government Creek, Grubstake Creek, Hatcher Creek, Homestake Creek, Moon Princess Creek, Reed Creek, Sawmill Creek, Shorty Creek, Sidney Creek, Spring Creek, Upper Willow Creek, Wasilla Creek, West Fork, West Fork Grubstake Creek, West Fork Sawmill 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, Grubstake Gulch, Lone Tree Gulch, West Fork Grubstake Gulch, Wet Gulch,

Cities:

Eklutna, Gateway, Lucky Shot Landing, Matanuska, Tanaina,