Information About

Yellow Jacket Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Yellow Jacket Creek on The Map

Location

61 ° 47' 37" N,
147 ° 30' 6.998" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Glacier View

Tributary to

Matanuska River

Elevation

2024 ft (616.92 m)

Yellow Jacket Creek in Detail.

About

Heads near the central part of the crest of Sheep Mountain, flowing S to the East Fork Matanuska River, 4.6 mi E of Glacier Point, 55 mi. NE of Palmer, Copper River Basin.

History

Local name reported by C. F. Fuechsel, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1950. So named because the rocks along the side of the stream are "bright yellow, red, and white."