Mill Creek (San Juan River tributary)

Mill Creek
Looking upstream from Light Plant Road
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source	San Juan National Forest
• location	East of Pagosa Springs, Colorado
• coordinates	37°19′08″N106°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″N107°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

• List of rivers of Colorado

References

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