Alaska Gazetteer
Arastra Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Arastra Creek places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Arastra Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | tributary of Mendenhall River, about 10 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Local name used because a group of miners built an arastra (arrastra) near the creek about 1890 (DeArmond, 1957, p. 32). An ""arrastra"" is a rude drag-stone mill for crushing ore." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3833351135 |
| Longitude: | -134.583328247 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Arastra Creek: Arastra 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 Arastra Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Mendenhaven, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Mendenhall Valley, AK (< 0.1 mile) Auke Bay, AK (2.7 miles W) Lemon Creek, AK (3.6 miles ESE) Fairhaven, AK (4.3 miles W) |
Vanderbilt Hill, AK
(4.3 miles SE) Lena Beach, AK (6 miles W) Tee Harbor, AK (6.6 miles WNW) West Juneau, AK (8.3 miles SE) Starr Hill, AK (8.5 miles SE) |
