Chester Creek streamgage along the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail

Chester Creek streamgage along the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail. The Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail parallels the creek for about 6 miles in the central portion of Anchorage and the paved trail is popular with cyclists, dog walkers, and skiers. Chester Creek or Chanshtnu, which means ‘grass creek’ in the Dena’ina language, runs for about 20 miles from the Chugach mountains in the eastern part of Anchorage to the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet. The USGS Alaska Science Center maintains a streamgage on the northeast bank of Chester Creek where Arctic Boulevard crosses the creek at the west end of Valley of the Moon Park. This is one of five USGS streamgage stations in the Municipality of Anchorage and one of 119 streamgages in Alaska.