Information About

Snowshoe Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 43' 59.999" N,
165 ° 40' 0.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Nome

Elevation

541 ft (164.9 m)

Snowshoe Creek in Detail.

About

heads on Cone Mtn., flows SE to Penny River, 2 mi. NW of Nome, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1899 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Schrader and Brooks, 1900, map 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee applied this name to a southeast-flowing tributary of Penny River, 5 mi. to the north.

Topo Maps

Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome C-2 (1950), Nome (1951), Nome (1951), Nome (1957), Nome C-2 NE (2017),
Places Near Snowshoe Creek
Cities:

Sitnazuak,

Lakes:

Glacial Lake,

Mine:

Sunset Mine,

Mountains:

Aurora Mountain, Cone Mountain, Crater Mountain, Monument Rock, Twin Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Mosquito Pass,

Rivers:

Cripple River, Penny River, Stewart River,

Streams:

Alpha Creek, American Creek, American Creek, Anvil Creek, Arctic Creek, Ashland Creek, Aurora Creek, Balto Creek, Bluff Creek, Boulder Creek, Bowhead Creek, Center Creek, Charlie Creek, Cleveland Creek, Colorado Creek, Crystal Creek, Daisy Swift Creek, Dewey Creek, Durrant Creek, Edward Creek, Elizabeth Creek, Fox Creek, Francisco Creek, Fred Creek, Glacier Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Run, Honey Creek, Huckleberry Run, Hungry Creek, Ingraham Creek, Jessie Creek, Jorosa Creek, Josie Creek, Last Chance Creek, Lindblom Creek, Little Creek, Lynn Creek, Monument Creek, Moose Creek, Mountain Creek, Mountain Creek, Mud Creek, Negsue Creek, Oregon Creek, Practolus Creek, Prospect Creek, Rabbit Creek, Right Fork Canyon Creek, Rock Creek, Rock Creek, Rodney Creek, Rulby Creek, Russel Creek, Sealer Creek, Sidney Creek, Slate Creek, Sledge Creek, Snow Creek, Snowshoe Creek, Someone Creek, Stella Creek, Sunset Creek, Thompson Creek, Trinity Creek, Twin Mountain Creek, Wheel Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek, Windy Creek,

Valleys:

Berkley Canyon, Butterfield Canyon, Canine Gulch, Carry Gulch, Goldpan Gulch, Gumboot Gulch, Hazel Gulch, Keane Gulch, Mammoth Gulch, May Gulch, Nugget Gulch, Short Gulch, Snowshoe Gulch, Trilby Gulch,

Cities:

Sunset,