North Canyon Creek

North Canyon Creek
Slaughterhouse Creek
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CitiesCarson City, Glenbrook
Physical characteristics
SourceWest flank Snow Valley Peak
 • locationCarson Range of the Sierra Nevada
 • coordinates39°06′01″N 119°56′49″W / 39.10028°N 119.94694°W / 39.10028; -119.94694[1]
 • elevation8,650 ft (2,640 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Lake Tahoe
 • coordinates
39°09′23″N 119°53′21″W / 39.15639°N 119.88917°W / 39.15639; -119.88917[1]
 • elevation
6,230 ft (1,900 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftOutflow from Spooner Lake
 • rightSecret Harbor Creek

North Canyon Creek is a 6.8-mile-long (10.9 km)[2] southwestward-flowing stream originating on Snow Valley Peak in the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada. Most of the stream is in Carson City, Nevada, United States. It is a tributary stream of Lake Tahoe culminating at Glenbrook in Douglas County on Tahoe's Nevada shore.

  1. ^ a b c "North Canyon Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed September 2, 2016