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Mill Creek Canyon

Floor2,079 m6,821 ft
Depth
157 m
Rim
2,236 m
Length
0.7 km
Tonight
39°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0–3 mph ENE

Mill Creek Canyon is up to 157 m deep: the rim reaches 2,236 m and the floor 2,079 m, along 0.7 km.

All facts
Floor
2,079 m
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Mill Creek Canyon 3D map

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Mill Creek Canyon terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Mill Creek Canyon elevation profile

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Weather

Mill Creek Canyon weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 39°F (4°C) · 13% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–3 mph ENE

Mill Creek Canyon forecast for about 1,878 m.

  • Tonight39°13%0–3 mph ENE
  • Sat40°53°5%1–7 mph N
  • Sun40°52°16%0–3 mph NW
  • Mon43°58°15%2–6 mph S
  • Tue39°54°42%6 mph S
  • Wed42°55°3%5 mph S
  • Thu45°57°15%5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mill Creek Canyon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mill Creek Canyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.8 km WSW

    +2 more within 0.9 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    Rattlesnake Gulch

    1.4 km ENE · +2 more within 2.1 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km WSW
Parking0.9 km WSW
Parking0.9 km NW
Rattlesnake GulchTrailhead1.4 km ENE
Neff's Canyon TrailheadTrailhead1.5 km SSE
Z Trail TrailheadTrailhead2.1 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
43.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
16.4%
Steep, 30–45°
34.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
5.8%
Steeper than 30°
40.2% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
1,666 m low point 1,313 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 63.1%Built-up 18.3%Grassland 12.5%Shrubland 4.6%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Mill Creek Canyon.

NESW5 km10 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Mount Olympus (north)2,731 m 0.9 km SE
  2. 2Mount Olympus2,741 m 1.3 km SE
  3. 3Triangle Peak2,854 m 2.6 km ESE
  4. 4Mount Olympus East2,979 m 3.4 km ESE
  5. 5Wildcat Ridge2,981 m 3.6 km E
  6. 6South Thayne Peak2,980 m 5.0 km E
  7. 7Grandeur Peak2,506 m 5.1 km NNE
  8. 8Thayne Peak2,638 m 5.5 km ENE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 1,398 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Glacier Lily318
  • Donkey Tail231
  • Western Honey Bee163
  • House Finch144
  • Common Sagebrush Lizard138
  • Creeping mahonia135
Where it sits

Where Mill Creek Canyon sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Wasatch Range13
Region
Utah36United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Wasatch–Cache National Forest5
Nearby

Nearby places

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More in the Wasatch Range 6
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-30)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
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