Cripple Creek

Cripple Creek is a stream in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska. Cripple Creek is situated nearby to the suburb Broadmoor, as well as near the village Chena Ridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairbanks International Airport and University of Alaska Museum of the North.

Fairbanks International Airport

Aerodrome

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Fairbanks International Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks, a city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

University of Alaska Museum of the North

Museum

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The University of Alaska Museum of the North is a multidisciplinary museum of natural, cultural, and art history located on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. University of Alaska Museum of the North is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cripple Creek.

Georgeson Botanical Garden

Garden

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The Georgeson Botanical Garden is located at 117 West Tanana Drive on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. The five-acre garden hosts a variety of research and educational programs in subarctic horticulture. Georgeson Botanical Garden is situated 2 miles northeast of Cripple Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chena Ridge and College.

Chena Ridge

Village

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Chena Ridge is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is the location of the former city of Chena, now a ghost town that once rivaled nearby Fairbanks in importance.

College

Town

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College is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. College is situated 3 miles northeast of Cripple Creek.

Fairbanks

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Fairbanks is a town in interior Alaska. With 31,000 inhabitants, and 98,000 in Fairbanks North Star Borough, it is Alaska's second-largest city. A junction of several major highways, will be a likely stop of most visitors to the state.

Cripple Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

64.83031° or 64° 49′ 49″ north

Longitude

-147.88581° or 147° 53′ 9″ west

Elevation

423 feet (129 metres)

Open location code

93PJR4J7+4M

GeoNames ID

5860077

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