Mill Creek Falls
Mill Creek Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Twombly Mountain stands 349 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Yale Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
Used to cross and play on as well as fish near
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Yale Park: 0.1 mi
- Brockway Park: 0.8 mi
- Lynn Township Ohmer Park: 4.7 mi
- Greenwood Township Park: 5.0 mi
- Lions Park: 10.4 mi
- Louis G. Senghas Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 7.8 mi
- James and Alice Brennan Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Alton D. McGaw Memorial Plant Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Stephen M. Polovich Memorial Plant Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Flynn Township Nature Center: 12.2 mi
- Capac community historical museum: 10.1 mi
- Farm Museum: 12.5 mi
- Imlay City Museum: 15.7 mi
- Attica Museuem: 20.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Depot Museum: 21.0 mi
- Military Tank: 16.0 mi
- Fort Gratiot Light: 20.9 mi
- Fort St. Joseph: 21.0 mi
- Fort Gratiot: 21.0 mi
- Great Storm of 1913 and Sailors Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Capac Rest Area 913: 12.5 mi
- Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 22.8 mi
- Adair Rest Area 909: 24.6 mi
- April Milsap Memorial Garden: 20.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 24.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.2 mi
- Painted Rocks: 15.5 mi
- Fort Gratiot Light: 21.0 mi
- Point Edward: 21.3 mi
- Canatara Beach: 21.8 mi
- Twombly Mountain: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twombly Mountain | SW 216° | 349 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:13 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yale 1 NNW, under a mile away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 122 | 148 | 262 | 238 | 120 | 76.9 | 31.0 | 25.3 | 18.5 | 32.0 | 54.7 | 87.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mill Creek Near Avoca, MI, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5272929094
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