Information About

Sunrise Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 54' 18" N,
149 ° 26' 10" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Sunrise Creek in Detail.

About

on N end of Kenai Peninsula, flows NE to Turnagain Arm, 0.5 mi. NW of Sunrise, and 52 mi. N of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported about 1914 by B. L. Johnson (in Martin and others, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name derived from nearby mining town.

Places Near Sunrise Creek
Cities:

The Wing,

Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point, Windy Point,

Streams:

Davis Creek, Middle Fork Campbell Creek,

Glaciers:

Bird Glacier, Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Black Lake Falls, Candyland, Even Hookers Get the Blues, Flame Out, O’Malley Falls, Organ Pipes, Ptarmigan Pillar, Ski Tracks, Water World,

Lakes:

Hidden Lake, Rabbit Lake, Ship Lake, Williwan Lakes,

Locales:

Ball Field, Bidarka, Black Lake Chute, North Wedgie, O'Malley Gully, South Wedgie, Thin White Line, Windboard Love,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Bidarka Peak, Bird Peak, Bradley Peak, Indianhouse Mountain, O-Malley Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, The Ramp, South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, The Wedge, Mount Williwaw,

Mountain Passes:

Bird Creek Pass, Indian Creek Pass, Powerline Pass, Sail Feather Pass, South Ship Lake Pass, West Ship Lake Pass,

Peaks:

Peak 3, Adelie Point, Birds Eye Peak, California Peak, Crested Peak, Double Top North, Elliot, Falls Peak, False Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Flaketop Peak, Fresno Benchmark, Hidden Peak, Homicide Peak, Hope Mountain, Little O'Malley, Middle Kinglet Peak, Nest Peak, North Avalanche Mountain, North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, Penguin Peak, Shaman Dome, Silvertip, South Avalanche Mountain, South Powerline Peak, Tail Feather Peak, The Sail, West Kinglet Peak,

Ridges:

Bird Ridge, Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Frenchy, Fresno, Lipps, Lonestar, Moose, Pete's North, Pete's South, 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, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Cripple Creek, Cub Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Granite Creek, Gulch Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Woman Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Rainbow Creek, Resurrection Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Sawmill Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tributary Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Willow Creek, Wilson Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Avalanche Peak, Ballpark Trail, Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Hidden Lake Trail, Indian Creek Pass Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, McHugh Lake Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Powerline Trail, Ptarmigan Pass Trail, Ramp Trail, Ship Lake Pass Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Hope, Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,