Mill Creek Recreation Area
Mill Creek Recreation Area is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. Table Rock stands 1,904 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rooks Park, a park 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 124 VIC TRI CITIES TO 24 MILES WEST OF SR 129 VIC CLARKSTON passes 1.0 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
How to reach it
145 named places within 25 miles
- Rooks Park: 0.7 mi
- Mill Creek Sportsplex: 1.3 mi
- Lions Park: 1.8 mi
- Vista Terrace Park: 2.2 mi
- Pioneer Park: 2.6 mi
- Pikes Peak: 7.5 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Klicker Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Pikes Peak: 9.7 mi
- Bowlus Hill: 11.1 mi
- Sheep Spring: 10.6 mi
- Russell Spring: 10.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.3 mi
- Deduct Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cub Spring: 16.3 mi
- J. M. Wainwright Memorial Statue: 4.8 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Poor Farm Cemetery Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Maddy's Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Brushes N' Brix: 1.2 mi
- Whitman Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 14.2 mi
- Columbia County Fair Grounds: 21.3 mi
- Styx sculpture by Deborah Butterfield: 3.2 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Jesus Among Us: 6.4 mi
- Wenaha Gallery: 21.8 mi
- Table Rock: 17.0 mi
- Dikes North: 21.3 mi
- Mega Dike: 21.4 mi
- Weeping Wall: 21.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.3 mi
- Prayer Garden: 6.5 mi
- Arthur C. Rempel Nature Area: 5.1 mi
- Mill Creek Watershed: 14.2 mi
- Rainwater Wildlife Area: 16.3 mi
- Fort Walla Walla Museum: 5.2 mi
- Frazier Farmstead and Museum: 11.7 mi
- Bruce Memorial Museum: 14.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Rock | E 100° | 1,904 m | 17.1 mi |
| Milk Shakes | ESE 109° | 1,847.7 m | 16.9 mi |
| Wenaha Peak | E 99° | 1,820 m | 18.0 mi |
| Round Butte | ESE 110° | 1,799.5 m | 20.3 mi |
| Deadman Peak | E 91° | 1,765 m | 15.5 mi |
| Yellow Jacket Point | SE 133° | 1,751 m | 16.9 mi |
| Fuzzy Butte | E 85° | 1,732 m | 22.5 mi |
| Twin Buttes | E 95° | 1,729.4 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:26 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:02 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:20 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 47 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 75 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walla Walla Rgnl AP, 2 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron47 obs
- Common Merganser37 obs
- Great Horned Owl37 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco27 obs
- Mallard26 obs
- Gopher Snake25 obs
- wild teasel23 obs
- Canada Goose21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/139819332
Day trips start here
- Walla Walla · 3 mi
- Milton-Freewater · 11 mi
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