Information About

Cottonwood

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 30' 47.999" N,
149 ° 33' 51.001" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Wasilla

Elevation

105 ft (32 m)

Cottonwood in Detail.

About

on E bank of Cottonwood Creek, 16 mi. SW of Palmer, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Name of a roadhouse and camp reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1911.

Topo Maps

Anchorage C-7 (1950), Anchorage C-7 (1950), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage C-7 (1951), Anchorage C-7 (1952), Anchorage C-7 (1952), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage C-7 SW (1979), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage C-7 SW (1992), Anchorage C-7 (1994), Anchorage C-7 SW (2016),
Places Near Cottonwood
Areas:

Ch-ak-nileght, Chuqilin Kaq-, K-enakatnu Kaq-, Nuk-elehitnu Kaq-,

Bays:

Eagle Bay, Goose Bay,

Capes:

K-eł Taydeght, K-qiydulghakt,

Channels:

K-eyghashtnu,

Cities:

Eagle River, Wasilla,

Dams:

Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 1, Memory Lake Estates Dam Number 2,

Flats:

Duck Flats, Eagle River Flats,

Lakes:

Airolo Lake, Baptist Pond, Baptist Pond, Beach Lake, Bear Paw Lake, Bench Lake, Beverly Lake, Beverly Lake, Blodgett Lake, Bolo Lake, Brocker Lake, Bruce Lake, Bruns Lake, Caves Lake, Cheri Lake, Chignaki Pond, Cloudy Lake, Cloudy Lake, Lake Clunie, Corcoran Lake, Dawn Lake, Dinkel Lake, Dusk Lake, Edmonds Lake, Emerald Lake, Frog Lake, Fuller Lake, Golden Lake, Gwenn Lake, Herkimer Lake, Herning Lake, Hess Lake, Island Lake, Jacobsen Lake, Jaland Lake, Johnson Pond, June Lake, Kalmbach Lake, Kings Lake, Lake Kiowa, Knik Lake, Lake Lalen, Lilly Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Lower Fire Lake, Lucile Lake, Lucy Lake, Meadow Lakes, Memory Lake, Merri Belle Lake, Minor Lake, Mirror Lake, Mud Lake, Nik-udatl-ech-a Bena, Paradise Lake, Prator Lake, Psalm Lake, Railroad Lake, Rainbow Lake, Reedy Lake, Scott Lake, Threemile Lake, Totuck Lake, Upper Fire Lake, Visnaw Lake, Waldon Lake, Wallace Lake, Wasilla Lake, Weinie Lake, Whale Lake, White Lake, Woody Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Eklutna, Mount Magnificent,

Parks:

Beach Lake Park, Edmonds Lake Park, Loretta French Park, Mirror Lake State Wayside Park, Peters Creek Community Park,

Mountain Passes:

Cottonwood Slough, Palmer Slough,

Peaks:

Bear Mountain,

Rivers:

Eagle River, Eklutna River, Knik River, South Fork Eagle River,

Streams:

Carol Creek, Ch-ak-nileghtnu, Clunie Creek, Coal Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Crocker Creek, Fire Creek, Fish Creek, Fossil Creek, Htidaghituntnu, Little Meadow Creek, Little Peters Creek, Lucile Creek, Meadow Creek, Mink Creek, Moon Princess Creek, O-Brien Creek, Parks Creek, Peters Creek, Soldier Creek, Thunder Bird Creek, Wasilla Creek,

Routes:

Bear Point Trail, Blacktail Ptarmigan Rocks Trail, Eagle River Green Belt Trail, Iditarod Trail, Meadow Creek Trail, Mile High Ridge Trail, Mile High Saddle Trail, Mount Eklutna Trail, Mt Baldy Trail, Peters Valley Trail, Ptarmigan Valley Trail, Thunderbird Falls Trail,

Cities:

Birchwood, Chugiak, Cottonwood, Eklutna, Knik, Meadow Lakes, Peters Creek, Tanaina,

Waterfalls:

Thunder Bird Falls,