Alaska Gazetteer
Grindstone Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Grindstone Creek places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Grindstone Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads on the SE slope of Hawthorne Peak, flowing SE to Stephens Passage at Cherokee Flats, 1.2 mi NW of Bishop Point, 12 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. 4.5 miles long. |
| History: | Name first used in a mining location notice by J. G. Peterson and Chris Fuhr in 1890. The source of the name is not known (DeArmond, 1957, p. 23). Name was published in 1906 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Spencer and Wright, pl. 37). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2086105347 |
| Longitude: | -134.179718018 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Grindstone Creek: Grindstone 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 Grindstone Creek does not include property ownership information.
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