Mill Creek

Mill Creek is a stream in Larimer, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,440 feet. Mill Creek is situated nearby to the locality Mountain View, as well as near the hamlet Stout.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium and Horsetooth Mountain.

Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium

Historic site

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Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium was an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was the home field of the Colorado State Rams of the Pac-12 Conference from 1968 through 2016; the team moved in 2017 to the new on-campus Colorado State Stadium.

Horsetooth Mountain

Peak

Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Horsetooth Mountain is a mountain summit in the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 7,259-foot peak is located in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, 7.0 miles west of downtown Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Horsetooth Mountain is situated 2 miles southwest of Mill Creek.

Lory State Park

Park

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Lory State Park, is a state park located west of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado and is west of Horsetooth Reservoir and north of Horsetooth Mountain Park. Lory State Park is situated 1½ miles northwest of Mill Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stout and Bellvue.

Stout

Hamlet

Stout is a former town in southern Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town was located in foothills southwest of Fort Collins, just west of the Dakota Hogback. Stout is situated 3½ miles south of Mill Creek.

Bellvue

Hamlet

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Bellvue is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Larimer County, Colorado. It is a small agricultural community located in Pleasant Valley, a narrow valley just northwest of Fort Collins near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon between the Dakota Hogback ridge and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Bellvue is situated 5 miles north of Mill Creek.

Laporte

Village

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Laporte is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Laporte is situated 5 miles north of Mill Creek.

Mill Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Dixon Canyon”
Category: body of water
Location: Larimer, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.55665° or 40° 33′ 24″ north

Longitude

-105.16776° or 105° 10′ 4″ west

Elevation

5,440 feet (1,658 metres)

Open location code

85GPHR4J+MV

GeoNames ID

5579877

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