Alaska Gazetteer
Bear Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Bear Creek places it within the AK 99824 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Bear Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | on Douglas ., flows NE to Gastineau Channel at Douglas, 0.7 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.; |
| History: | The first record of this name appears in 1882 in a water claim for mining use. In early years it was also sometimes called its proximity to a Quaker Mission in Douglas (De Armond, 1957). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2788887024 |
| Longitude: | -134.393325806 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bear Creek: Bear Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Bear Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Douglas, AK
(< 0.1 mile) West Juneau, AK (1.9 miles NW) Starr Hill, AK (1.9 miles NNW) Thane, AK (2.4 miles ESE) Vanderbilt Hill, AK (5.8 miles NW) |
Lemon Creek, AK
(6.7 miles NW) Mendenhaven, AK (10.1 miles NW) Mendenhall Valley, AK (10.1 miles NW) Auke Bay, AK (12.1 miles NW) Fairhaven, AK (13.2 miles WNW) |
