Information About

Nelson Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Nelson Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 48' 56.002" N,
149 ° 25' 36.001" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Elevation

341 ft (103.94 m)

Nelson Creek in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula, flows NW to Sixmile Creek, 4.5 mi. S of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.

History

Local prospectors' name; reported about 1914 by B. L. Johnson (in Martin and others, 1915, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Places Near Nelson Creek
Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point, Windy Point,

Streams:

Davis Creek,

Glaciers:

Bird Glacier, Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Candyland, Flame Out, Organ Pipes, Water World,

Lakes:

Bench Lake, Johnson Lake, Lower Summit Lake, Summit Lake,

Locales:

Summit Lake Ski Area,

Mine:

Blackstone Mine, Bruhn-Ray Mine, Colorado Mine, Colorado Mine, Connoly Mine, Dahl Placer Mine, Downing Mine, Frenchy Creek Mine, Fresno Mines, Gilpatrick Mine, Hatcher Mine, Hirshey Mine, Independence Mine, Iron Mask Mine, Johnson Mine, Mascot Mine, Mills Creek Mine, Nearhouse Mine, Oracle Mine, Oracle Mines, Pearson Mine, Robinson-Bowman Mine, Shell Mine, Slate Creek Mine, Sunshine Lakes, Swetmann Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Bird Peak, Bradley Peak, Indianhouse Mountain, Manitoba Mountain, South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex,

Mountain Passes:

Johnson Creek Summit,

Peaks:

Adelie Point, California Peak, Crested Peak, Double Top North, East Groundhog Peak, Falls Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fresno Benchmark, Hale-Bopp, Nebraska, Nest Peak, Northwest Gilpatrick Mountain, Penguin Peak, Silvertip, Spirit Walker, Utah, West Groundhog Peak, Wyoming,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge, Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge, Tenderfoot Ridge,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Butch, Colorado, Frenchy, Fresno, Lipps, Lonestar, Moose, North Gilpatrick, Pete's North, Pete's South, Raven Ridge, Spirit Walker, Summit, Tri-Tip, Tributary, Wilson North, Wilson South,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Block Creek, Bonanza Creek, Butcher Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Colorado Creek, Cripple Creek, Cub Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Fresno Creek, Gleason Creek, Granite Creek, Groundhog Creek, Gulch Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Juneau Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Mills Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Ohio Creek, Old Woman Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Rainbow Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Sawmill Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Slate Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Stormy Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tenderfoot Creek, Timberline Creek, Tincan Creek, Tributary Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Wilson Creek,

Routes:

Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Powerline Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Dahl, Gilpatricks, Hope, Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,