El Corte de Madera Creek

El Corte de Madera Creek
Origin San Mateo County, California
Mouth San Gregorio Creek
Basin countries United States
Length about 7 miles (11 km)
Mouth elevation 150 feet (46 m)
Basin area 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 () near Skeggs Point on Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with San Gregorio Creek about 2.7 miles east of San Gregorio Creek.

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.

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