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Six Mile Creek (Georgia)
Six Mile Creek or Sixmile Creek may refer to several places: United States * Six Mile Creek (Alaska) * Six Mile Creek (Minnesota), * Sixmile Creek (South Dakota) * Six Mile Creek (Ithaca) Elsewhere * Six Mile Creek Dam, Australia See also * Six Mile Run (other) * Six Mile (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Mile Creek (Alaska)
Sixmile Creek is a short, approximately waterway with some of the most exciting whitewater rafting in Alaska. The Six Mile Creek drainage starts as Granite Creek flowing from the top of Turnagain Pass on the Seward Highway, part of the National Scenic Highway Program. Bench Creek and Center Creek join to become East Fork Six Mile Creek and Granite Creek is the largest tributary, contributing most of the water. At the confluence with Canyon Creek, it becomes Six Mile Creek which flows about eight miles to where it empties into Turnagain Arm shortly after flowing past the ghost town of Sunrise along the Hope Highway. There is a scenic outlook just before the Hope Junction with a grand view of the confluence of the creeks and the Canyon Creek Bridge that is pictured on the State of Alaska's websit Six Mile Creek was mined for gold during the early 1900s and still has many active claims mined to this day. Whitewater enthusiast have been enjoying this scenic gorge for about 20 years wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Mile Creek (Minnesota)
Six Mile Creek drains a large area south and west of Lake Minnetonka, in Hennepin and Carver Counties, Minnesota, United States. It ends on the western shore of Halstead's Bay, the westernmost bay of Lake Minnetonka. It runs through mostly agricultural land but this area is also seeing more residential development. Lake Pierson forms the headwaters of the creek, which then flows in this order through, Marsh Lake, Wasserman Lake, Lake Auburn, Lunsten Lake, Parley Lake, Mud Lake and then reaches its destination, Lake Minnetonka. It has a very low gradient which often results in backwater (stagnant) conditions. Wasserman and Parley Lakes have Department of Natural Resources public boat accesses. The origin of its name is unclear as it is about long. It is about from Parley Lake to Lake Minnetonka. The Six Mile Creek watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixmile Creek (South Dakota)
Sixmile Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sixmile Creek runs about in length, hence the name. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By tributary Minnesota River watershed * Little Minnesota River ** Jorgenson River *Whetstone River *North Fork Yellow Bank River *South Fork Yellow Bank River *West Bran ... References Rivers of Brookings County, South Dakota Rivers of Deuel County, South Dakota Rivers of South Dakota {{SouthDakota-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Mile Creek (Ithaca)
Six Mile Creek is a creek in Tompkins County, New York. It originates in the Town of Dryden near the intersection of Irish Settlement Road (Tompkins County Highway 162A) and Card Road, and drains into Cayuga Inlet which flows into Cayuga Lake. Its watershed is the principal source of drinking water for the city of Ithaca, New York and the surrounding communities. The headwaters lie on private land situated between Yellow Barn State Forest to the northwest and Hammond Hill State Forest to the southeast. It then flows south into the Town of Caroline, flowing parallel to Six Hundred Road and then crossing beneath New York State Route 79 in Slaterville Springs, after which it turns west until Brooktondale. There it turns northwest entering the Town of Ithaca. From there, the flow is interrupted by a series of dams, and then has its outlet at the Cayuga Inlet below the southern end of Cayuga Lake in the city of Ithaca. History Glaciation advanced and retreated along the creek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Mile Creek Dam
The Six Mile Creek Dam (more commonly known as Lake MacDonald) is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Six Mile Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply of the Sunshine Coast region and for recreation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Macdonald, named in memory of former Noosa Shire Council Chairman Ian MacDonald. Location and features The dam is located from Cooroy and west of Noosa. The small settlement of is located adjacent to the dam. The primary inflow of the reservoir is Six Mile Creek. Built in 1965 and raised by 3.6 metres in 1980, the rock and earthfill dam structure is high and long. The dam wall holds back the reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of that includes much of the Tewantin National Park, the dam creates Lake Macdonald, with a surface area of . The uncontrolled un-gated spillway has a discharge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Mile Run (other)
Six Mile Run may refer to the following in the U.S. state of New Jersey: * Six Mile Run (New Jersey), a tributary of the Millstone River *Six Mile Run, New Jersey, several different but related features in Franklin Township *Six Mile Run Reformed Church, a Dutch Reformed church listed on the NRHP in Somerset County * Six Mile Run Reservoir Site, part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park *Franklin Park, New Jersey Franklin Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.Six Mile Creek (other) * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |