Pine Gulch Creek

Pine Gulch Creek
stream
Country United States
State California
Region Marin County
District West Marin
Tributaries
 - right Copper Mine Gulch, McCormick Creek
City Bolinas, California
Source
 - coordinates  [1]
Mouth Bolinas Lagoon
 - location Bolinas, California
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
 - coordinates  [1]

Pine Gulch Creek is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km)[2] south-flowing stream in western Marin County, California, United States which empties into Bolinas Lagoon.

Contents

Course

The creek parallels State Route 1. Copper Mine Gulch 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.

History

Habitat and pollution

Bridges

The only notable crossing of Pine Gulch Creek is the 42-foot (13 m) concrete slab at the Olema-Bolinas Road crossing, located 1.3 miles south of State Route 1. It was built in 1986.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Gulch Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
  3. ^ "National Bridge Inventory Database". http://nationalbridges.com/. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 

See also