California Gazetteer
Wright Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Tulare County. The primary coordinates for Wright Creek places it within the CA 93545 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Wright Creek |
| Category: | California physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | On the west slope of Sierra Nevada, heads at the most northern of Wright Lakes, flows southwest for 5.5 miles to join Wallace Creek 2.7 km (1.7 mi) east-northeast of the heads of Kern Canyon at Junction Meadow. (US-T121) |
| History: | Named after Captain J W A Wright, who with Judge William R Wallace and Reverand F H Wales, visited Mount Whitney in 1881. (US-T121) |
| County: | Tulare County |
| Latitude: | 36.5896586 |
| Longitude: | -118.3889815 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wright Creek: Wright Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Wright Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Silver City, CA
(16.6 miles WSW) Independence, CA (18.1 miles NE) |
Lone Pine, CA
(18.2 miles E) |
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Whitney Portal, CA
(9.1 miles E) Seven Pines, CA (14.5 miles NNE) |
Mineral King, CA
(14.9 miles SW) |
