The Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a 483 hectares nature preserve and biological field station formally established as a reserve in 1973. owned by Stanford University, located at 37.408°N 122.2275°W south of Sand Hill Road and west of Interstate 280 in Portola Valley, California. It is used by students, researchers, and docents to conduct biology research, and teach the community about the importance of that research. The preserve encompasses Jasper Ridge and Searsville Lake and the upper reaches of San Francisquito Creek, along with the latter's Corte Madera Creek and Bear Creek tributaries.
Baxter Creek or Stege Creek, is a three-branch creek in Richmond and El Cerrito, California, United States, forming the Baxter Creek watershed. The creek has three sources and flows from the Berkeley Hills to Stege Marsh and the San Francisco Bay. The Baxter Creek watershed at-large has 10 sources.
Naples Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California, United States that rises on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and discharges to the Pacific Ocean. The specific point of discharge is onto Naples Beach, a unit of the Half Moon Bay State Beach. This watercourse runs through the city of Half Moon Bay, which municipality has planning jurisdiction over the creekside area within its city boundaries. In the Open Space Element of Half Moon Bay's General Plan, Naples Creek is designated to have significant wetland and riparian zone biotic resources.
Fluvius Innominatus or Central Creek is a creek in Richmond and El Cerrito, California in western Contra Costa County. There is one main source and a secondary unnamed tributary. The creek drains into Hoffman Marsh and then flows into the bay through Point Isabel Regional Shoreline's Hoffman Channel. However, before the area was developed and as early as 1899 the creek had 11 sources which stretched far higher into the Berkeley Hills.
Hoffman Channel is a waterway in Richmond, California connecting San Francisco Bay with Hoffman Marsh and Fluvius Innominatus creek which drain directly into the channel. The channel is part of Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, the largest dog park in the United States and serves a swimming are for these animals. Hoffman Channel is adjacent to Point Isabel promontory and was formerly a sandy beach on its south shore.
Richmond Inner Harbor is a deepwater body of water in Richmond, California. The harbor lies between Ferry Point and Point Isabel, between the mainland and Brooks Island in western Contra Costa County along the East Bay's northern East Shore. The harbor provides excellent protection as it lies protected by Brooks Island an extensive breakwater inside the already protected San Francisco Bay. The harbour connects to the Sante Fe Channel and its chanellets in addition to the Richmond Marina Bay and Campus Bay. Baxter Creek and Meeker Slough Creek's mouths and deltas drain into the harbor.
San Leandro Bay is a body of water in the San Francisco Bay. It is connected to the Oakland Estuary today, but was originally separated by land which formerly connected Alameda with Oakland. It is located along the east of the Oakland International Airport and Bay Farm Island. The principal stream which flows into San Leandro Bay is San Leandro Creek. Other tributaries include the East Creek/Peralta Creek watershed and the Lion Creek/Arroyo Viejo watershed. Damon Marsh is located there.
Copper Mine Gulch is a valley in Marin County, California, United States, which is associated with a small stream.
San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay, located in Marin County and the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Mills Creek may refer to:
Dry Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Tunitas Creek.
Mitchell Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California, and is a tributary of Tunitas Creek.
Alpine Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California. It flows about 5 miles (8 km), from its source near West Alpine Road about a mile southwest of Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with La Honda Creek to form San Gregorio Creek in La Honda at California State Route 84.
Woodhams Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek. It flows about 2 miles (3 km) from its source on Langley Hill to its confluence with La Honda Creek, in the town of La Honda.
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 near Bear Gulch Road and Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with Alpine Creek to form San Gregorio Creek in La Honda.
El Corte de Madera Creek is a small river in the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County, northern California. It is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.
Butano Creek is a principal river in San Mateo County, California, and carries a large amount of the runoff of the Santa Cruz Mountains into the Pacific Ocean after joining the Pescadero Creek delta at Pescadero Marsh. The creek is 15.0 miles (24.1 km) long.
Peters Creek is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km) stream in San Mateo County, California, and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek. It flows southwestwards through a small canyon to join Pescadero Creek in Portola Redwoods State Park, near La Honda.
San Vicente Creek is a 9.3-mile-long (15.0 km) northern California coastal stream which flows entirely within Santa Cruz County and discharges to the Pacific Ocean. Its waters rise on the west facing slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and its mouth is at the unincorporated community of Davenport.
Easton Creek is a short eastward-flowing stream whose watershed originates just east of Burlingame's foothills in San Mateo County, California, United States. The creek runs south of the Mills Creek and north of the Sanchez Creek watercourses respectively. The creek is predominantly with only small storm drained stretches through the hills and residential flatlands of the city. However towards the former marshlands adjacent the bay where it is culverted or channelized for nearly its entire length into San Francisco Bay through mudflats.
