Placer Creek

Places of Interest

Portage Lake

Lake

Photo: steve lyon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portage Lake is a glacial lake in the Chugach National Forest of the U.S. state of Alaska. It sits in a long, heavily glaciated valley, and abuts the calving face of Portage Glacier at its southern end.

Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: UED77, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of Alaska. The highway is made up of a series of roads, bridges, and tunnels that connect the Portage Glacier area of the Chugach National Forest and the city of Whittier to the Seward Highway. Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel is situated 2 miles east of Placer Creek.

Begich Peak

Peak

Photo: Mudflattop, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Begich Peak is a 4,623-foot mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest, 2.5 mi north of Portage Lake, 5 mi northwest of Whittier, Alaska, 1.8 mi east of Portage Peak, and 1.24 mi southwest of Boggs Peak. Begich Peak is situated 2½ miles north of Placer Creek.

Places in the Area

Whittier

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Whittier is a small town in Alaska that is famous because all of its 272 residents live in one building.

Placer Creek

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