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MILL CREEK (SAN JUAN RIVER TRIBUTARY) Latitude and Longitude:

37°14′35″N 107°00′38″W / 37.24306°N 107.01056°W / 37.24306; -107.01056
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Mill Creek
Looking upstream from Light Plant Road
Location
Country United States
State Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source San Juan National Forest
 • locationEast of Pagosa Springs, Colorado
 • coordinates 37°19′08″N 106°49′40″W / 37.31889°N 106.82778°W / 37.31889; -106.82778 [1]
Mouth San Juan River (Colorado River tributary)
 • location
South of Pagosa Springs
 • coordinates
37°14′35″N 107°00′38″W / 37.24306°N 107.01056°W / 37.24306; -107.01056 [1]
 • elevation
6,988 ft (2,130 m)

Mill Creek is a stream in the San Juan National Forest in Archuleta County, Colorado, and a minor left tributary of San Juan River. It flows in a generally southwesterly direction [1] from Mill Creek Canyon, east of Pagosa Springs between Coal Creek and Rio Blanco, to join the San Juan River just sound of Pagosa Springs.

Panoramic view of Mill Creek from Light Plant Road, just above its confluence with the San Juan (visible at right)
View toward the confluence with the San Juan

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mill Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1978-10-13. Retrieved 2019-09-29.