Sheep Creek
Sheep Creek is located 4 miles southeast of Juneau, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Juneau community of Thane was originally called Sheep Creek. Draining an area of about 5 square miles, it empties into Gastineau Channel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Roberts Peak and Gastineau Peak.
Roberts Peak
Peak
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Mount Roberts or Roberts Peak is a 3,819 foot mountain just east of downtown Juneau, Alaska. It is noted for its accessibility from downtown Juneau and for the Goldbelt Tram which carries passengers and tourists from sea level to 1,800 feet up the mountain. Roberts Peak is situated 1½ miles north of Sheep Creek.
Gastineau Peak
Peak
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Gastineau Peak is a mountain in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is a part of the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in western North America. Gastineau Peak is situated 2 miles northwest of Sheep Creek.
Treadwell gold mine
Lake
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The Treadwell gold mine was on the south side of Douglas Island.5-mile east of downtown Douglas and southeast of downtown Juneau, owned and operated by John Treadwell. Treadwell gold mine is situated 2 miles west of Sheep Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and West Juneau.
Douglas
Suburb
Douglas is a community on Douglas Island in southeastern Alaska, directly across the Gastineau Channel from downtown Juneau. Douglas is situated 3 miles west of Sheep Creek.
West Juneau
Suburb
West Juneau is a populated place in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is located on Douglas Island 1.8 miles northwest of Douglas. Despite its location on Douglas Island, the neighborhood was juridically a part of the City of Juneau, rather than the City of Douglas, prior to municipal unification in 1970. West Juneau is situated 4½ miles northwest of Sheep Creek.
Sheep Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: stream in Juneau, Alaska, USA
- Category: body of water
- Location: Juneau, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sheep Creek” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sheep Creek”
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- Interlingua: “Sheep Creek”
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- Lithuanian: “Sheep Creek”
- Low German: “Sheep Creek”
- Luxembourgish: “Sheep Creek”
- Mainfränkisch: “Sheep Creek”
- Malagasy: “Sheep Creek”
- Malay: “Sheep Creek”
- Minangkabau: “Sheep Creek”
- Narom: “Sheep Creek”
- Neapolitan: “Sheep Creek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sheep Creek”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheep Creek”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sheep Creek”
- Papiamento: “Sheep Creek”
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- Piemontese: “Sheep Creek”
- Polish: “Sheep Creek”
- Portuguese: “Sheep Creek”
- Prussian: “Sheep Creek”
- Romagnol: “Sheep Creek”
- Romanian: “Sheep Creek”
- Romansh: “Sheep Creek”
- Sardinian: “Sheep Creek”
- Scots: “Sheep Creek”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sheep Creek”
- Serbian: “Sheep Creek”
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- Venetian: “Sheep Creek”
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- Volapük: “Sheep Creek”
- Walloon: “Sheep Creek”
- Welsh: “Sheep Creek”
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- Zulu: “Sheep Creek”
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