Information About

Placer Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Placer Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 16' 14.999" N,
149 ° 40' 41.999" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Cooper Landing

Elevation

505 ft (153.92 m)

Placer Creek in Detail.

About

On the Kenai Peninsula, heads at the terminus of Lowell Glacier, flows NE to the Resurrection River, 13 mi NW of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1915 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Seward B-8 (1951), Seward B-8 (1951), Seward B-8 (1951), Seward B-8 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward B-8 (1952), Seward B-8 (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 B-8 (1994),
Places Near Placer Creek
Capes:

Race Point,

Dams:

Cooper Lake Dam,

Glaciers:

Exit Glacier, Lowell Glacier,

Islands:

Porcupine Island,

Lakes:

Cooper Lake, Crescent Lake, Kenai Lake, Rainbow Lake, Upper Russian Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Adair, Mount Ascension, Bear Mountain, Mount Benson, Cecil Rhode Mountain, Cooper Mountain, Marathon Mountain, Noel Hanson Mountain, Phoenix Peak, Right Mountain, Sleeping Sister Mountain,

Peaks:

Mount Kenny Baker, Lowell Peak,

Ridges:

Resurrection Peaks,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Cooper Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Dry Creek, Exit Glacier Creek, Martin Creek, Moose Creek, Paradise Creek, Placer Creek, Porcupine Creek, Quartz Creek, Redman Creek, Shackleford Creek, Ship Creek, Stetson Creek, Summit Creek,

Routes:

Bean Creek Trail, Cooper Lake Trail (historical), Exit Glacier Trail, Harding Icefield Trail, Resurrection River Trail, Stetson Creek Trail,