La Honda Creek
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La Honda Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California
and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek
.
It flows about 7 miles (11 km), from its source (37.3923°N 122.2918 °W) near Bear Gulch Road and Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with Alpine Creek
to form San Gregorio Creek
in La Honda
.
California State Route 84
(CA 84) follows the valley of the creek from Sky Londa
to San Gregorio.
A large part of the creek's upper watershed is in La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve.
San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and...
and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek
San Gregorio Creek
San Gregorio Creek is a river in San Mateo County, California. Its tributaries originate on the western ridges of the Santa Cruz Mountains whence it courses southwest through steep forested canyons...
.
It flows about 7 miles (11 km), from its source (37.3923°N 122.2918 °W) near Bear Gulch Road and Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with Alpine Creek
Alpine Creek
Alpine Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California.It flows about , from its source near West Alpine Road about a mile southwest of Skyline Boulevard , to its confluence with La Honda Creek to form San Gregorio Creek in La Honda at California State Route 84.Alpine Creek passes through...
to form San Gregorio Creek
San Gregorio Creek
San Gregorio Creek is a river in San Mateo County, California. Its tributaries originate on the western ridges of the Santa Cruz Mountains whence it courses southwest through steep forested canyons...
in La Honda
La Honda, California
La Honda is a census-designated place in southern San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 928 at the 2010 census. It is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Silicon Valley and the Pacific coast of California...
.
California State Route 84
California State Route 84
State Route 84 is a split-section California State Highway consisting of two sections. The first section is an east–west arterial road running from San Gregorio to Menlo Park, across the Dumbarton Bridge through Fremont and Newark and ending at I-580 in Livermore. The route overlaps the...
(CA 84) follows the valley of the creek from Sky Londa
Sky Londa, California
Sky Londa is an unincorporated mountain community in San Mateo County, California located at the intersection of State Route 84 and State Route 35...
to San Gregorio.
A large part of the creek's upper watershed is in La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve.