El Corte de Madera Creek

El Corte de Madera Creek
El Corte de Madera Creek
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	San Mateo County, California
Mouth
• location	San Gregorio Creek
• elevation	150 feet (46 m)
Length	about 7 miles (11 km)
Basin size	Santa Cruz Mountains

El Corte de Madera Creek (Spanish for: The Cutting of Wood) is a small river in the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County, northern California. It is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.

The creek flows about 7 miles (11 km), from its source in Kings Mountain (37°24′44″N 122°18′40″W / 37.4122°N 122.3110°W / 37.4122; -122.3110 (El Corte de Madera Creek source)) near Skeggs Point on Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with San Gregorio Creek about 2.7 miles east of San Gregorio.

The bulk of El Corte de Madera Creek's upper watershed is in El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, which features popular hiking and mountain biking trails.

37°19′04″N 122°20′22″W / 37.3179°N 122.3395°W / 37.3179; -122.3395

v t e Santa Cruz Mountains
Peaks	Black Mountain Crystal Peak Loma Prieta Long Ridge Montara Mountain Mount Bielawski Mount Chual Mount Madonna Mount Thayer Mount Umunhum San Bruno Mountain Santa Teresa Hills Twin Peaks
Rivers and creeks	Adobe Creek Alamitos Creek Alpine Creek Bean Creek Bogess Creek Boulder Creek Branciforte Creek Butano Creek Carbonera Creek Clear Creek Coyote Creek Deer Creek El Corte de Madera Creek Guadalupe River Guadalupe Valley Creek Hale Creek Harrington Creek La Honda Creek Laguna Creek Little Boulder Creek Llagas Creek Loch Lomond Los Gatos Creek Love Creek Naples Creek Permanente Creek Pescadero Creek Peters Creek Pilarcitos Creek San Bruno Creek San Francisquito Creek San Gregorio Creek San Lorenzo River San Pedro Creek San Vicente Creek Stevens Creek Tip Toe Falls Uvas Creek Waddell Creek Waterman Creek Zayante Creek
Parks	Big Basin Redwoods State Park Butano State Park Castle Rock State Park Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park McNee Ranch State Park Portola Redwoods State Park Redwood Grove San Bruno Mountain State Park Sanborn County Park The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Uvas Canyon County Park
Hiking trails	Bay Area Ridge Trail Devil's Slide Trail Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail
Open Space Preserves	Bear Creek Redwoods Coal Creek El Corte de Madera Creek El Sereno Foothills Fremont Older La Honda Creek Long Ridge Los Trancos Monte Bello Picchetti Ranch Pulgas Ridge Purisima Creek Redwoods Rancho San Antonio Ravenswood Russian Ridge Saratoga Gap Sierra Azul Skyline Ridge St. Joseph's Hill Stevens Creek Teague Hill Thornewood Windy Hill
Other	Santa Cruz Mountains AVA

See also