Pine Gulch Creek is a 7.6 miles (12.2 km) south-flowing stream

Stream

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 in western Marin County, California

Marin County, California

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, United States

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 which empties into Bolinas Lagoon

Bolinas Lagoon

Bolinas Lagoon is a tidal estuary, approximately in area, located at in the West Marin region of Marin County, California, United States. It is a part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. The lagoon is a back bay of Bolinas Bay on the Pacific coast approximately 15 mi ...

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Course

The creek parallels State Route 1

California State Route 1

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. Copper Mine Gulch

Copper Mine Gulch

Copper Mine Gulch is a valley in Marin County, California, United States, which is associated with a small stream.The stream descends the western slope of the Bolinas Ridge, passing the mine from which it receives its name, and flows through the town of Dogtown into the San Andreas Rift Valley...

 enters from the east, then McCormick Creek enters from the west at Pablo Point. After crossing under Olema-Bolinas Road, it feeds into the west side of Bolinas Lagoon just north of the town of Bolinas

Bolinas, California

Bolinas formerly Juggville is a coastal unincorporated community in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bolinas is located west-southwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 36 feet...

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Bridges

The only notable crossing of Pine Gulch Creek is the 42 feet (13 m) concrete slab at the Olema-Bolinas Road crossing, located 1.3 miles south of State Route 1. It was built in 1986.

See also

• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Point Reyes National Seashore
  Point Reyes National Seashore
  Point Reyes National Seashore is a park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California, USA. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as a nationally important nature preserve within which existing agricultural uses are allowed to continue...