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Turned out kind of ugly ingame, but the river is nice. If you do usethis region, please consider enlarging the southern mountains with SC4terrain tools.
The community is located along Meadow Lakes, a 10-mile long lakebetween the Little Susitna River and the Alaska Railroad, 5 milesnorthwest of Wasilla off of the George Parks Highway. It isapproximately 45 miles from Anchorage.
Thelocal name was first reported in 1942 by AMS. The area was settledafter a Department of Natural Resources land disposal. MeadowLakes is best described as a geographic location north of Wasilla,rather than a community. It is a non-Native area, and a popularlocation for weekend and vacation homes for Anchorage residents. No school and no health care are provided in the community, nearbyWasilla-Palmer offer auxiliary health care.
Temperatures range from 4 to 23 degrees F. in winter and from 47 to 68 degrees F. in summer.
The area has served as a transportation corridor since around 1906, when the first of the trails leading out of Knik to the Gold Mines in the Willow Creek Mining District, the Carle Wagon Road, was constructed. This is now the Wasilla-Fishhook Road. In 1917, Pittman was established on the Alaska Railroad at Mile 166.5, and a water station was added in 1920. The local name was first reported in 1942 by AMS. Homesteaders settled the area after World War II, and the area continued to develop after a Department of Natural Resources land disposal during the mid-1960s. The George Parks Highway was completed in 1971. Low housing costs, the semi-rural lifestyle, and employment in Palmer, Wasilla and Anchorage have supported growth in the Mat-Su Valley.
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