Mill Creek Day Use Area
Mill Creek Day Use Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Drinking Fountain (abandoned), a attraction 1.8 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 runs past it. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Parks Management Company
How to reach it
- On the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 15.3 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 16 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 17 mi
- Breaker Point · 17 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 17 mi
142 named places within 25 miles
- Redwood Spring Peak: 3.1 mi
- Chalk Peak: 3.6 mi
- Cone Peak: 4.7 mi
- Twin Peak: 4.9 mi
- Lion Peak: 5.9 mi
- Redwood Spring: 2.7 mi
- Bane Spring: 8.5 mi
- Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
- Basket Spring: 8.9 mi
- Redondo Spring: 10.0 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 8.5 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Reserve: 10.6 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 12.3 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 12.3 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 13.1 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 2.5 mi
- Canogas Falls: 6.8 mi
- Devil's falls: 7.3 mi
- Jewel Falls: 10.7 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Limekilns: 2.7 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 16.5 mi
- Tin House: 17.2 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 17.5 mi
- Old oak park: 21.6 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 1: 23.3 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 2: 23.3 mi
- Pine Canyon Mobile Estates Rec Area: 23.5 mi
- Royal Estates Park: 23.9 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 1.8 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 6.2 mi
- Devil's Falls: 7.3 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 7.4 mi
- Esalen Institute: 12.7 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 4.5 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 6.5 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 17.5 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 24.6 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 24.6 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 4.3 mi
- Wreck Beach: 24.3 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 13.7 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 21.6 mi
- The Shut-In: 21.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Creek Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | NNE 20° | 1,784 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | NNE 26° | 1,602 m | 14.2 mi |
| Cone Peak | N 357° | 1,572 m | 4.7 mi |
| Chews Ridge | N 349° | 1,549 m | 23.0 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NNW 338° | 1,517 m | 21.7 mi |
| Black Butte | N 352° | 1,497 m | 19.8 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NNW 330° | 1,477 m | 25.0 mi |
| Twin Peak | N 349° | 1,468 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1365565436
Day trips start here
- King City · 26 mi
- Monterey County · 29 mi
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