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Delta Junction has an unofficial record low of −72 °F (−58 °C) set on January 6, 1975 (as seen on the big thermometer in the town center) but the Delta Junction weather station and NOAA refuse to acknowledge this record as legitimate, as such temperatures are atypical for the region and atypical temperature readings are usually inaccurate.
Bates Landing was about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the current settlement of Delta Junction, in the area known now as Big Delta. The government collected a ferry toll on the south side from all those traveling northbound. [6] The WAMCATS telegraph line was relocated to parallel the trail after a fire. McCarty Station was established at the line's ...
This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.The specific problem is: this article is about the Deltana CDP, but the text describes the Delta Junction area in general, as follows: 1) McCarty is a part of the present-day Big Delta CDP, very near Rika's Landing Roadhouse; 2) Buffalo Center is the historic name for what is now Delta Junction.
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
The roadhouse was originally located along Delta Creek near a gravel airstrip It was operated by the Sullivans until about 1922, when the Alaska Railway became the dominant means of transport in the region and the Alaska Road Commission (ARC) stopped maintaining the cut-off.
Mile 227.4 of Richardson Highway, about 35 miles (56 km) south of Delta Junction: Nearest city: Delta Junction: Coordinates: Area: less than one acre: Built: 1902 () NRHP reference No. 01000021 [1] AHRS No. XMH-00223: Added to NRHP: February 2, 2001
Delta Junction: 259.28: 417.27: AK-4 south (Richardson Highway) Northern terminus of Alaska Route 4; northern terminus of the Alaska Highway: Tok: 366.91: 590.48: AK-1 west (Tok Cut-Off Highway) – Glennallen, Anchorage: Northern terminus of Alaska Route 1: Tetlin Junction: 379.36: 610.52: AK-5 north (Taylor Highway) Southern terminus of ...
Northern terminus of concurrency with Alaska Route 1; Southern terminus of Tok Cut-Off Highway: Paxson: 186: 299: AK-8 west (Denali Highway) – Denali National Park: Eastern terminus of Alaska Route 8 & Denali Highway: Delta Junction: 266: 428: AK-2 south (Alaska Highway) Northern terminus of Alaska Route 4, Alaska Route 2 continues north as ...