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The Matanuska River (Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu; Ahtna: Ts'itonhna’) is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States. [3] The river drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range eponymously known as the Matanuska Valley .
King Mountain State Recreation Site is a state park along the Matanuska River near Chickaloon, Alaska. It features a campground and other visitor amenities. It is located immediately northeast of King Mountain, at mile 76 of the Glenn Highway.
Matanuska-Susitna Valley (/ m æ t ə ˈ n uː s k ə s uː ˈ s ɪ t n ə /; known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. [1] It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the ...
Lazy Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. Located east of Palmer along the Matanuska River. At the 2020 census the population was 1,506, up from 1,479 in 2010. [2]
Matanuska Glacier is a valley glacier in the US state of Alaska. At 27 miles (43 km) long by 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States. Its terminus feeds the Matanuska River. [2] It lies near the Glenn Highway about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Anchorage in Glacier View. The glacier flows about ...
Matanuska Peak, a mountain summit in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska; Matanuska River, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, in Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Valley, in Alaska; Matanuska Valley Colony in Alaska; M/V Matanuska, a vessel in the Alaska Marine Highway System; Matanuska (crater), an impact crater on the minor planet 253 Mathilde
The Matanuska and Susitna River valleys, with towns such as Trapper Creek, Talkeetna, Wasilla, Palmer, Sutton, and Chickaloon, roughly bound the Talkeetnas in the westerly parts of the range. Sovereign Mountain rises to 8,849 feet (2,697 m) in the remote and heavily glaciated central part of the range.
The Matanuska River forms the southern edge of the CDP. Palmer , the borough seat , is 14 miles (23 km) to the southwest via the Glenn Highway. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Sutton-Alpine CDP has a total area of 58.1 square miles (150 km 2 ), of which 57.6 square miles (149 km 2 ) are land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2 ...