California Gazetteer
Ellens Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Nevada County. The primary coordinates for Ellens Creek places it within the CA 95949 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Ellens Creek |
| Category: | California physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads 0.48 km (0.3 mi) south of Little Wolf Creek, flows southwest for 1 mile to Wolf Creek, 1.6 km (1 mi) west of Osborne Hill and 3.2 km (2 mi) south of the community of Grass Valley. (US-T121) |
| History: | Named for Ellen Bergman (died 1973) who helped settle the area and panned for gold in the stream. (US-T121) |
| County: | Nevada County |
| Latitude: | 39.1848946 |
| Longitude: | -121.0599489 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ellens Creek: Ellens 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 Ellens Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Grass Valley, CA
(2.4 miles N) Alta Sierra, CA (3.1 miles S) Rough and Ready, CA (5.1 miles NW) Nevada City, CA (5.8 miles NNE) Penn Valley, CA (7.1 miles W) |
Colfax, CA
(8.2 miles SE) Lake Wildwood, CA (8.2 miles WNW) Lake of the Pines, CA (10.1 miles S) Dutch Flat, CA (12 miles E) Meadow Vista, CA (12.9 miles S) |
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La Barr Meadows, CA
(1.4 miles SE) Ophir Hill Acres, CA (1.4 miles ENE) Sherwood Forest, CA (1.4 miles W) Starbright Acres, CA (1.4 miles WNW) Boston Ravine, CA (1.9 miles NNW) |
Union Hill, CA
(1.9 miles NE) Highland Park, CA (1.9 miles E) Kenwood Estates, CA (1.9 miles SSW) Cedar Ridge, CA (2.4 miles ENE) Leduc Acres, CA (2.4 miles ENE) |
