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Mill Creek Falls

Mill Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates43.13193, -82.80062

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Museums: 10
  • 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
Historic sites: 9
Rest areas: 3
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 12.5 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 22.8 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 3
Attractions: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Point Edward: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Canatara Beach: 21.8 mi
Peaks: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twombly MountainSW 216°349 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0619:44
June solstice05:5220:3221:15
September equinox07:1918:5319:30
December solstice08:0016:1317:00

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212231435465696760493728
Precip in1.91.61.93.03.33.33.13.03.12.82.42.0

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12214826223812076.931.025.318.532.054.787.7

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5272929094

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