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Lucky Shot Landing

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 46' 30" N,
149 ° 24' 29.999" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Wasilla

Elevation

2930 ft (893.06 m)

Lucky Shot Landing in Detail.

About

population 10 (1940), at junction of Grubstake and Willow Creeks, 15 mi. NW of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts.

History

Name of a mining camp reported in 1942 by Army Map Service (AMS). A post office was established here in 1933, using just the name Lucky Shot, but was discontinued in 1942 (Ricks, 1965, p. 40). Recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps indicate an airfield and five or six buildings at this site. The name is derived from the nearby Lucky Shot mine.

Places Near Lucky Shot Landing
Airports:

Microdot Ridge,

Cities:

Wasilla,

Crags:

4th of July Wall,

Dams:

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

Lakes:

Anderson Lake, Baptist Pond, Baptist Pond, Beverly Lake, Beverly Lake, Black Lake, Bruce Lake, Bruns Lake, Chignaki Pond, Clear Lake, Cornelius Lake, Cottonwood Lake, Dandy Lake, Dry Lake, Dusk Lake, Emerald Lake, Finger Lake, Fuller Lake, Gold Cord Lake, Gooding Lake, Hart Lake, Hess Lake, Island Lake, Jacobsen Lake, Jaland Lake, Johnson Lake, June Lake, Kalmbach Lake, Kennedy Lake, Kings Lake, Loberg Lake, Long Lake, Lucile Lake, Meier Lake, Memory Lake, Merri Belle Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Neklason Lake, Paradise Lake, Pinnacle Lake, Railroad Lake, Rainbow Lake, Reed Lake, Summit Lake, Totuck Lake, Walby Lake, Wallace Lake, Wasilla Lake, Wolf Lake,

Locales:

7 Sacred Chutes, April Bowl, Baby Ruth, Bennet's Ridge, Black Prospect, Eldorodo Bowl, Face of Hatch, Fairangel Cirque Gully, Farside, Gold Chord Death Traverse, Lake Run, Nixon's Nose, Nosebleed, Nunatak East, Nunatak West, Point 30, Rock Garden, Seldom Seen, Stairstep, Sunnyside, Sunnyside of Hatch, Swimmin' Tims, The Glades, The Lost Couloir, Valley of Sin, Wimp Bowl, Womens Run,

Mountains:

Bullion Mountain, Government Peak, Marmot Mountain, Skyscraper Mountain,

Parks:

Independence Mine State Historical Park, Finger Lake State Recreation Site, Wolf Lake State Recreation Site,

Mountain Passes:

Birthday Pass, Dogsled Pass, Friendship Pass, Hatcher Pass, Point 40,

Peaks:

Blueberry Knoll, Didikama, Fairangel Cirque, Fairangel Peak, Fish Peak, Gold Chord, Granite Mountain, Hatch Peak, Luck Peak, Microdot, Nunatak, Pass Peak, The Pinnacle, Rae-Wallace, Top Peak, Yisbo,

Ridges:

Bald Mountain Ridge, Murphy Ridge, President's Ridge,

Routes:

Mile 16 Ski Run, Paradise Ski Run,

Streams:

Carnegie Creek, Coal Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Craigie Creek, Delia Creek, East Fork Fishhook Creek, East Fork Sawmill Creek, Fairangel Creek, Fishhook Creek, Francie Creek, Government Creek, Grubstake Creek, Hatcher Creek, Homestake Creek, Moon Princess Creek, Reed Creek, Sawmill Creek, Sevenmile Creek, Shorty Creek, Sidney Creek, Upper Willow Creek, West Fork, West Fork Grubstake Creek, West Fork Sawmill Creek,

Routes:

April Bowl Trail, Arch Prospect Trail, Assay Spur Trail, Blueberry Knoll Trail, Fairangel Trail, Gold Cord Lake Trail, Gold Mint Trail, Hard Rock 2 Trail, Hard Rock Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 1, Hatcher Pass Snowmobile Trail 2, Hatcher Pass Winter Maintenance Trail, Independence Mine Trail, Lane Basin (Old Road) Trail, Lane Basin Trail, Marmot Mountain Trail, Martin Mill Trail, Mill Loop Trail, Rae-Wallace Mine Trail, Reed Lakes Trail, Snow Trail to Lodge,

Valleys:

Cable Valley, Grubstake Gulch, West Fork Grubstake Gulch, Wet Gulch,

Cities:

Gateway, Lucky Shot Landing, Meadow Lakes, Tanaina,