Eagle River | |
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Eagle River in winter.(Chugach State Park) | |
Location of where Eagle River (Alaska) feeds into the Cook Inlet. | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Municipality | Municipality of Anchorage |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Eagle Glacier |
• location | Chugach Mountains, Alaska |
• coordinates | 61°07′43″N 149°03′57″W / 61.12861°N 149.06583°W[1] |
• elevation | 958 ft (292 m)[2] |
Mouth | Eagle Bay, Knik Arm, Cook Inlet |
• location | 9 miles (14 km) northeast of downtown Anchorage, Within Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson |
• coordinates | 61°19′43″N 149°44′19″W / 61.32861°N 149.73861°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
Length | 40 mi (64 km)[1] |
Basin size | 192 sq mi (500 km2)[3][4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Eagle River[3] |
• average | 527 cu ft/s (14.9 m3/s)[3] |
The Eagle River is a stream, 40 miles (64 km) long, in Anchorage, Alaska.[1] Heading at Eagle Glacier in Chugach State Park, it flows northwest into Eagle Bay on the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of downtown Anchorage.[1]