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Mill Creek

Mill Creek from directly overhead

Mill Creek is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Hill in Richland County stands 390 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Stevenson, a museum 2.8 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 154 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

former town in Wisconsin, USA

How to reach it

Coordinates43.38670, -90.54830

154 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Flag Park: 8.2 mi
  • West Side Park: 8.4 mi
  • North Park: 8.5 mi
  • Krouskop Park: 8.5 mi
  • Richland County Fairgrounds: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 40
  • Ball Point: 3.1 mi
  • Red Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Sylvan: 4.7 mi
  • Cribben Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Rural Electification: 3.7 mi
  • Boaz Mastodon: 3.8 mi
  • Richard M Brewer Historical Marker: 3.8 mi
  • Richland County Veterans' Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Soldiers Grove Origins: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 13
  • Kooyumjian-Lost Creek Forest: 12.8 mi
  • Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area: 13.3 mi
  • Ithaca School Forest: 14.0 mi
  • Tunnelville Cliffs State Natural Area: 14.3 mi
  • Blue River Bluffs State Natural Area: 14.6 mi
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Steamboat Rock: 9.6 mi
  • Eagle Cave: 9.9 mi
  • Elephant Trunk Rock: 14.3 mi
  • M60A3: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Bathtub Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Crowley Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hill in Richland CountyN 0°390 m10.1 mi
Wildcat MountainN 357°384 m21.6 mi
SylvanWNW 302°383 m4.7 mi
Perkins HillNNW 331°379 m21.8 mi
McElhose HillNNW 333°379 m23.4 mi
Johnson HillNNE 24°372 m10.7 mi
Red HillSW 225°366 m3.5 mi
Spring HillNE 47°366 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:15
June solstice05:2220:0320:47
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:3215:4316:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182133455767716961483524
Precip in1.31.12.04.14.76.05.04.93.93.02.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richland CTR, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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