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Tenmile Creek (Lane County, Oregon)

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- elevation
  
1,233 ft (376 m)

Length
  
16 km

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
10 ft (3 m)

Mouth
  
Pacific Ocean

Bridges
  
Ten Mile Creek Bridge

Tenmile Creek (Lane County, Oregon)

- location
  
Siuslaw National Forest

- location
  
Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site

Tenmile Creek is a stream in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It flows west from the Siuslaw National Forest in the Oregon Coast Range into the Pacific Ocean at Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Yachats.

Map of Tenmile Creek, Oregon, USA

Tenmile Creek was named for its length, approximately 10 miles (16 km). Tenmile Ridge, which runs parallel to and north of the stream, is named for the creek.

Tenmile Creek Bridge carries U.S. Highway 101 over the creek. Bridge engineer Conde B. McCullough designed the 180-foot (55 m)-long structure in 1931.

Ten Mile County Park, operated by Lane County, is along the stream. Amenities include toilets and four tent sites, with access to fishing and hunting. The park is about 4 miles (6 km) upstream of Highway 101 along Forest Service Road 56.

Named tributaries from source to mouth are Wildcat Creek, which enters from the right; South Fork from the left; McKinney Creek from the right, and Mill Creek from the left.

References

Tenmile Creek (Lane County, Oregon) Wikipedia