Information About

Eska

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 44' 16.001" N,
148 ° 54' 31" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Palmer

Elevation

935 ft (284.99 m)

Eska in Detail.

About

population 53, on Eska Creek, 12 mi. NE of Palmer, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Name of a mining community and railroad station on a branch of The Alaska Railroad. A post office was established here in 1917, discontinued in 1922, but reinstated in 1943 (Ricks, 1965, p. 19).

Topo Maps

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Places Near Eska
Channels:

Ch-taltnu Tayena,

Cities:

Palmer,

Dams:

Sherwood Estates Dam,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210960E61831N, Mint Glacier,

Hills:

Burnt Butte,

Routes:

Pigs in a Blanket,

Lakes:

Burkholder Lake, Butte Lake, Coyote Lake, Elks Lake, Falks Lake, Gull Lake, Jim Lake, Kleinsmith Lake, Leaf Lake, Seventeenmile Lake, Slipper Lake, Swan Lake, Wishbone Lake, Wolverine Lake,

Mine:

Baxter Mine, Buffalo Mine, Eska Mine, Evan Jones Mine, Lonesome Mine, Matanuska Sinner Mine, New Black Diamond Mine, Premier Mine,

Mountains:

Bodenburg Butte, Eska Mountain, Granite Peak, Knob Hill, Lava Mountain, Lazy Mountain, Matanuska Peak, Montana Peak, Red Mountain, Wishbone Hill,

Parks:

Coyote Lake Park, Moose Creek State Recreation Area,

Mountain Passes:

Backdoor Gap, Bomber-in-a-day Pass, Grizzly Pass, Moosehead Pass, Sobriety Pass,

Peaks:

3 Bell Spire, Arkose Peak, Crag, Delia Benchmark, Dewlap Peak, Doublemint, Frontier Peak, Hunchback Spire, Lynx Peak, Managemint, Nelteni, Ozone, Parlimint, Peppermint, Spearmint, Teeny Weene, Telemint, Tenemint, Triplemint, Troublemint, Turnkey Peak, Vegetarian Peak,

Ridges:

Arkose Ridge,

Rivers:

Kings River,

Streams:

Buffalo Creek, Doone Creek, Eska Creek, Gloryhole Creek, Granite Creek, Iron Creek, Knob Creek, Little Granite Creek, McRoberts Creek, Moose Creek, Premier Creek, West Fork Young Creek, Wolverine Creek, Young Creek,

Valleys:

Lone Tree Gulch, Matanuska Valley, Sheep Valley, Tsadaka Canyon,

Cities:

Butte, Eska, Jonesville, Lazy Mountain, Sutton,