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Mill Creek Canyon
- 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
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.
Mill Creek Canyon elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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 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
Nearest trailhead
Rattlesnake Gulch
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.8 km WSW |
| Parking | 0.9 km WSW |
| Parking | 0.9 km NW |
| Rattlesnake GulchTrailhead | 1.4 km ENE |
| Neff's Canyon TrailheadTrailhead | 1.5 km SSE |
| Z Trail TrailheadTrailhead | 2.1 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 40.2% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,666 m low point 1,313 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6 km of Mill Creek Canyon.
Summit list 8
- 1Mount Olympus (north)2,731 m 0.9 km SE
- 2Mount Olympus2,741 m 1.3 km SE
- 3Triangle Peak2,854 m 2.6 km ESE
- 4Mount Olympus East2,979 m 3.4 km ESE
- 5Wildcat Ridge2,981 m 3.6 km E
- 6South Thayne Peak2,980 m 5.0 km E
- 7Grandeur Peak2,506 m 5.1 km NNE
- 8Thayne Peak2,638 m 5.5 km ENE
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 Mill Creek Canyon sits
- Region
- Utah36United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Wasatch–Cache National Forest5
Nearby places
Parley's Canyon↑5.5 km NNW
Big Cottonwood Canyon1,443 m↑8.3 km ESE
Little Cottonwood Canyon1,566 m↑12 km SSE
Little Dell ReservoirLake · 1,760 m↑14 km NNE
Chad's GapPass↑16 km ESE
More in the Wasatch Range 6
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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)