Nugget Falls - Juneau, Alaska - Waterfalls on Waymarking.com

Nugget Falls is adjacent to Mendenhall Glacier in Tongass National Forest. This falls was supposedly under the glacier until the 1980s when its retreat revealed the falls. The waterfall drops 377 feet (115 m) in two tiers of 99 feet (30 m) and 278 feet (85 m) onto a sandbar in Mendenhall Lake, which is the freshwater pool at the mouth of the glacier. The waterfall is fed by Nugget Creek, which is in turn fed by the Nugget Glacier, a tributary glacier on the mountainside east of Auke Bay. The creek cascades down towards Mendenhall Lake, forming a hanging valley, then plunges over the falls to the lake. This waterfall has been confirmed by the World Waterfall Database, has been mapped and its height has been approximated but exact measurements have not yet been confirmed. Access is via the ¾-mile Nugget Falls Trail near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

Type: Fan Parking Coordinates: N 58° 25.000 W 134° 32.845 Watercourse: Nugget Creek Waterfall Height: 377 Seasonality: Perennial Viewpoint: Bottom Path Up and Down: None Walk Behind: Not at all Seasons of Best Flow: Not listed

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