Crane Creek (California)

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Coordinates: 38°21′19″N 122°41′26″W / 38.35528, -122.69056
Crane Creek
stream
none Crane Creek east of Rohnert Park
Crane Creek east of Rohnert Park
Country United States
State California
Region Sonoma County
City Rohnert Park, California
Source
 - location Sonoma Mountain
 - elevation 1,535 ft (468 m)
 - coordinates 38°21′4″N 122°36′4″W / 38.35111, -122.60111 [1]
Mouth Hinebaugh Creek
 - location Rohnert Park, California
 - elevation 112 ft (34 m) [1]
 - coordinates 38°21′19″N 122°41′26″W / 38.35528, -122.69056 [1]

Crane Creek is a stream in Sonoma County, California, USA which rises in the northern Sonoma Mountains. [2] This watercourse flows through Crane Canyon and the Crane Creek Regional Park [3] situated on the northwestern flank of Sonoma Mountain. Crane Creek forms a confluence with Hinebaugh Creek in the city of Rohnert Park; thereafter, the channelized [4] Hinebaugh Creek flows westerly to discharge to the Laguna de Santa Rosa. Hiking access to the upper Crane Creek reaches is from Roberts Road off of Petaluma Hill Road.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c USGS GNIS: Crane Creek
  2. ^ USGS: 7.5 minute quadrangle map: Cotati, photorevised (1980)
  3. ^ Sonoma County Regional Parks: Crane Creek Regional Park (2005)
  4. ^ Earth Metrics Inc., Environmental Impact Report for the City of Rohnert Park General Plan, C Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau, Ballard George et al, City of Rohnert Park, California and the State of California Environmental Clearinghouse, Sacramento, Report 10351, March, 1990
  5. ^ Bay Area Hiker: Crane Creek Regional Park, 2003