Alaska Gazetteer
Sheep Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Sheep Creek places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Sheep Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in glacier, flows mostly W to Gastineau Channel at Thane, 4.5 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Named in 1880 by Joe Juneau and Richard Harris. ""We went about four miles further south to another nice looking creek we named Sheep Creek as we killed several mountain sheep, hence the name."" (DeArmond, 1957, p. 39)." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2611122131 |
| Longitude: | -134.323059082 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sheep Creek: Sheep 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 Sheep Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Thane, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Douglas, AK (2.7 miles WNW) Starr Hill, AK (4.1 miles NW) West Juneau, AK (4.5 miles WNW) Vanderbilt Hill, AK (8.4 miles NW) |
Lemon Creek, AK
(9.3 miles NW) Mendenhall Valley, AK (12.6 miles NW) Mendenhaven, AK (12.7 miles NW) Auke Bay, AK (14.9 miles NW) Fairhaven, AK (16 miles WNW) |
