Trapper Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.

It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Area and is known as the southern gateway to Denali State Park.

[3] Trapper Creek is a community located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough at latitude 62.317 and longitude -150.231, with an elevation of 351 ft (107 m).

Trapper Creek is found at the intersection of Petersville Road and is spread out along the Parks Highway 15 miles (24 km) north of Talkeetna Junction.

The Trapper Creek CDP extends west down the Petersville Road, which leads to mining, prospecting, and recreation country in the foothills of the Alaska Range.

Trapper Creek first appeared on the 1990 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).