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Step Gulch

Step Gulch

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1220 ft (371.86 m)
About

On the S side of Ear Mountain, heds in the saddle between West Peak and Ears Peak, from which Step Creek flows SE to Crosby Creek 0.5 mi below the mouth of Pinnacle Creek, Seward Peninsula Highlands.

History of Step Gulch

So named in 1945 by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party "for the conspicuous step like flats on the fill of its bed in the headwater portion."