Bucket Creek

Bucket Creek is a stream in Whatcom, Washington. Bucket Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Diablo, as well as near Pyramid Lake Research Natural Area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sourdough Mountain and Davis Peak.

Sourdough Mountain

Peak

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Sourdough Mountain is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. The Sourdough Mountain Lookout, is a fire lookout that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933 near the summit. Sourdough Mountain is situated 2 miles northeast of Bucket Creek.

Davis Peak is a mountain just north of Gorge Lake in North Cascades National Park, in the US state of Washington. It is located just south of the Picket Range. Davis Peak is situated 2 miles west of Bucket Creek.

Diablo Dam

Industrial building

Photo: Robert Ashworth, CC BY 2.0.

Diablo Dam is one of three dams along the upper Skagit River in Whatcom County, Washington and part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project that supplies Seattle with some of its power needs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diablo and Newhalem.

Diablo

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Diablo is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is located near Diablo Dam in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area, along the Skagit River. Diablo is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bucket Creek.

Newhalem

Hamlet

Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5.

Newhalem is a small unincorporated community on the Skagit River in the western foothills of the North Cascades, in Whatcom County, northwestern Washington, United States. Newhalem is situated 6 miles southwest of Bucket Creek.

Bucket Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.73096° or 48° 43′ 52″ north

Longitude

-121.16207° or 121° 9′ 44″ west

Elevation

1,158 feet (353 metres)

Open location code

84WWPRJQ+95

GeoNames ID

5788360

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