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Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out

Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out from directly overhead

Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out is an artwork in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Seward Highway passes 2.1 miles off.

Indigenous place name art post, Geese people and Salmon Boy, elements of Dena’ina story told by Shem Pete

How to reach it

Coordinates61.18815, -149.93136

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Near Point: 9.6 mi
  • Rusty Point: 10.0 mi
  • Snow Hawk Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Blueberry Knoll: 10.4 mi
  • Little O'Malley Peak: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Benny Benson Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Nothern Air Cargo DC-6: 1.1 mi
  • Commemorative Plaque of Pope John Paul II Visit: 1.9 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • James J. Delaney Memorial: 2.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 16
Museums: 10
Attractions: 5
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Lyn Ary Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Beaver Beach: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taku lake Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Russian Jack Spring: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilliwawESE 113°1,660 m15.1 mi
Temptation PeakE 96°1,641 m13.7 mi
East Tanaina PeakESE 105°1,633 m13.9 mi
West Tanaina PeakESE 106°1,605 m13.3 mi
The RampESE 118°1,597 m14.6 mi
Tikishla PeakESE 103°1,594 m12.9 mi
O'Malley PeakESE 118°1,570 m13.1 mi
Koktoya PeakESE 106°1,569 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0119:1720:14
June solstice04:2222:1623:43
September equinox07:4519:0520:02
December solstice10:15—15:42

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172125384958615950372419
Precip in0.60.60.60.40.60.91.82.83.11.71.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage LK Hood SEA Plane BA, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10735535120

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