Eightmile Creek (Fifteenmile Creek)

Eightmile Creek
Country United States
State Oregon
County Wasco
Source Cascade Range
 - coordinates 45°21′38″N 121°30′25″W / 45.36056°N 121.50694°W / 45.36056; -121.50694
Mouth Fifteenmile Creek
 - location Petersburg (vicinity)
 - elevation 259 ft (79 m) [1]
 - coordinates 45°36′22″N 121°05′10″W / 45.60611°N 121.08611°W / 45.60611; -121.08611Coordinates: 45°36′22″N 121°05′10″W / 45.60611°N 121.08611°W / 45.60611; -121.08611 [1]

Eightmile Creek is a stream in Wasco County and Hood River County, Oregon, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Fifteenmile Creek.

Eightmile Creek was named from its distance, eight miles (13 km) from The Dalles.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eightmile Creek (Fifteenmile Creek)
  2. ↑ "Confused 'Mile Creeks'". The Bulletin. April 11, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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