Clinton Creek Yukon Map

About Clinton Creek, Yukon

Clinton Creek is a locality in Yukon, Canada. It is classified as a town. Clinton Creek is located at 64.4047°N, 140.5972°W.

Clinton Creek rests in a broad, U-shaped valley, carved by ancient glaciers, where the land rolls in gentle, rounded hummocks carpeted in a tenacious, low-lying scrub that turns ochre and rust under the autumn sun. It lies 68.1 km north-west of Dawson, YT (from Dawson, YT: bearing 305°T), and is situated 40.5 km north-north-east of Little Gold. The sky here is an immense, pale canvas, often streaked with the bruised purples and bruised oranges of a lingering dusk, and the air, even in summer, carries a crispness that hints at the vast, untamed wilderness pressing in from all sides. Beneath this grand sky, the terrain is a mosaic of tundra and sparse spruce, the ground often soft and yielding underfoot, a testament to the permafrost that lies just beneath the surface, and the faint, sweet scent of damp earth and resin hangs perpetually, a quiet perfume of the north. The echoes of gold rushes past still whisper around Clinton Creek, a place that once pulsed with the feverish hope of prospectors seeking their fortunes along its namesake waterway. Though the boom times have long since subsided, a hardy spirit endures, sustained by the enduring allure of the land and the practicalities of a life lived close to its rhythms. The local economy, such as it is, leans on the resourcefulness of its inhabitants, a blend of seasonal work, small-scale guiding, and the quiet self-sufficiency born of isolation. It is a landscape where history isn't just written in books, but etched into the weathered faces of the few who call Clinton Creek home, and in the very bones of the land itself, which holds its secrets close.

About This Clinton Creek Map Page

Explore Clinton Creek, Yukon, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 64.404722, -140.597222. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Clinton Creek includes the postal code (Y0B), telephone area code (867). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Clinton Creek is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.