Information About

Granite Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 42' 33.001" N,
148 ° 51' 2.002" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Palmer

Tributary to

Matanuska River

Elevation

449 ft (136.86 m)

Granite Creek in Detail.

About

heads at a glacier, flows S to Matanuska River, 11 mi. NE of Palmer, Chugach Mts. 17 miles long.

History

Name used by prospectors; reported in 1899 by Mendenhall (1900, pl. facing p. 310), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Anchorage C-5 (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage C-5 (1952), Anchorage C-5 (1952), Anchorage C-5 (1960), Anchorage C-5 (1960), Anchorage C-5 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage C-5 (1994), Anchorage C-5 NW (2016),

Places Near Granite Creek

Channels:

Bet-uyedi Tayena, Ch-taltnu Tayena,

Dams:

Sherwood Estates Dam,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210960E61831N, Mint Glacier,

Hills:

Burnt Butte,

Routes:

Pigs in a Blanket,

Lakes:

Barbel Lake, Burkholder Lake, Butte Lake, Chain Lakes, Coyote Lake, Elks Lake, Falks Lake, Finger Lakes, Gull Lake, Jim Lake, Kleinsmith Lake, Leaf Lake, Ruby Lake, Seventeenmile Lake, Slipper Lake, Swan Lake, Wishbone Lake, Wolverine Lake,

Mine:

Buffalo Mine, Eska Mine, Evan Jones Mine, Matanuska Sinner Mine, New Black Diamond Mine,

Mountains:

Bodenburg Butte, Eska Mountain, Granite Peak, Knob Hill, Lava Mountain, Lazy Mountain, Matanuska Peak, Montana Peak, Pinnacle Mountain, Red Mountain, Wishbone Hill,

Parks:

Coyote Lake Park, Moose Creek State Recreation Area,

Mountain Passes:

Grizzly Pass, Moosehead Pass,

Peaks:

Castle Rocks, Crag, Dewlap Peak, Doublemint, Frontier Peak, Peppermint, Spearmint, Telemint, Triplemint, Troublemint, Vegetarian Peak,

Rivers:

Kings River,

Streams:

Bodenburg Creek, Doone Creek, Eska Creek, Gloryhole Creek, Granite Creek, Iron Creek, Jim Creek, Knob Creek, Little Granite Creek, McRoberts Creek, Moose Creek, Palmer Creek, West Fork Young Creek, Wolverine Creek, Young Creek,

Valleys:

Sheep Valley, Tsadaka Canyon,

Cities:

Butte, Eska, Jonesville, Lazy Mountain, Sutton,