| Rabbit Creek | |
| Map: | Anchorage_Watersheds.jpg |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska#USA Alaska Anchorage |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Rabbit Creek in Alaska |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alaska |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Anchorage |
| Length: | 15miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | Turnagain Arm |
| Source1: | Rabbit Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Chugach Mountains |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 61.0419°N -149.5856°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 3153feet |
| Mouth: | Turnagain Arm, Anchorage |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 61.0781°N -149.8236°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 13feet |
| Tributaries Left: | Little Rabbit Creek |
Rabbit Creek is one of several streams that flow through the city of Anchorage, Alaska. It runs for 15 miles from the Chugach Mountains to Turnagain Arm.[1] Before English-speaking settlers arrived in Anchorage, the Dena'ina called the creek "Ggeh Betnu."[2]
The headwaters of Rabbit Creek originate at 3153feet at Rabbit Lake, a 75adj=onNaNadj=on alpine lake at the base of [3] North Yuyanq' Ch'ex and [4] South Yuyanq' Ch'ex.[5] Rabbit Lake is a popular hiking destination and can be reached via either the Rabbit Lake Trail or the neighboring McHugh Creek drainage. The creek then descends from the Chugach Mountains and flows west through residential areas and green spaces including Griffin Park. Near its mouth at Potter Marsh it receives a tributary from Little Rabbit Creek, which drains the hillside just south of the main creek channel. It then flows southwest under the Seward Highway and empties into Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet.
A well-traversed 4.4-mile hiking trail begins at Canyon Road and follows the upper stretch of Rabbit Creek through the Chugach Mountains to Rabbit Lake.[6] [7] [8] [9]