Mirror Creek Falls
Mirror Creek Falls is a waterfall in South Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 1,036 m. Terry Peak stands 2,147 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Trout Ridge, a peak 0.3 miles away. Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Trout Ridge: 0.3 mi
- Trout Hill: 0.5 mi
- Yucca Hill: 0.6 mi
- Beulah Butte: 0.6 mi
- Pine Butte: 0.6 mi
- Jones Park: 10.7 mi
- Weyler Park: 10.7 mi
- Highland Park: 10.9 mi
- Hermann Park: 11.0 mi
- Gay Park: 11.5 mi
- Crown Hill: 10.6 mi
- Minnesela: 11.4 mi
- Tinton: 12.5 mi
- Carbonate: 13.1 mi
- Ragged Top: 15.2 mi
- Von Bayer Museum of Fish Culture: 9.3 mi
- The Booth House: 9.3 mi
- Tripp Family Car Collection: 11.1 mi
- High Plains Western Heritage Center: 11.7 mi
- Black Hills Mining Museum: 18.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Geographic Center of the Nation Monument: 11.2 mi
- Town of Minnesela: 11.4 mi
- Klondike School: 15.4 mi
- Paolo Adventures: 10.4 mi
- Tatanka Story of Bison: 18.5 mi
- Broken Boot Gold Mine: 18.7 mi
- Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Canary's Graves: 19.1 mi
- Seth Bullock's Grave: 19.1 mi
- Lower Windy Pine Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Windy Pine Falls: 1.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 11.9 mi
- Spearfish Falls: 14.9 mi
- Roughlock Falls: 14.9 mi
- Northern Hills Rest Area: 1.5 mi
- Spearfish Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Roadside picnic: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Mirror Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Peak | SSE 151° | 2,147 m | 18.3 mi |
| East Cement Ridge | S 189° | 2,034 m | 15.2 mi |
| West Cement Ridge | SSW 192° | 2,026 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 148° | 2,012 m | 17.8 mi |
| Foley Mountain | SSE 154° | 2,001 m | 17.4 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,952 m | 15.9 mi |
| War Eagle Hill | SSE 150° | 1,930 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mineral Hill | SSW 194° | 1,918 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear Ridge, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.1 | 34.9 | 36.9 | 41.3 | 57.1 | 50.4 | 27.7 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 31.7 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Redwater Creek AT Wy-sd State Line, 2 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/10018955384
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