Information About

Nelchina

Quick Facts

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Location

62 ° 6' 11.002" N,
147 ° 9' 2.999" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Elevation

3051 ft (929.94 m)

Nelchina in Detail.

About

at the junction of Little Nelchina River and Crooked Creek, 16 mi. NE of Tahneta Pass, Talkeetna Mts.

History

Former mining settlement established about 1913; reported by Theodore Chapin (in Brooks, 1915, p. 122), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Talkeetna Mountains A-1 (1949), Talkeetna Mountains A-1 (1949), Talkeetna Mountains A-1 (1949), Talkeetna Mountains A-1 (1949), Talkeetna Mountains (1950), Talkeetna Mountains A-1 (1952), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1954), Talkeetna Mountains (1966), Talkeetna Mountains A-1 SE (2013),

Places Near Nelchina

Cities:

Lakes:

Cat Lake, Curtis Lake, Kelly Lake, Marie Lake, Roadhouse Lake, S Lake, South Lake, Startup Lakes, Tahneta Lake,

Mountains:

Table Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Belanger Pass, Cameron Pass, Tahneta Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Horn Mountains,

Streams:

Albert Creek, Bonanza Creek, Buchia Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Crooked Creek, Daisy Creek, Davis Creek, Dick Creek, Eureka Creek, Flat Creek, Grizzly Creek, Idaho Creek, Mead Creek, Meyer Creek, Nicolie Creek, North Creek, Old Man Creek, Poorman Creek, Sellick Creek, Sleigh Creek, South Creek, Startup Creek, White Sand Creek, Willow Creek,

Cities:

Valleys:

Dave Gulch, Money Gulch, Noon Gulch, Porphyry Gulch, Sailor Gulch,

Cities:

Eureka Roadhouse,