Purisima Creek (San Mateo County)

This article is about Purisima Creek (San Mateo County). For Purisima Creek (Santa Clara County), see Purisima Creek (Santa Clara County).
Purisima Creek
Another view of the creek

Purisima Creek is an 8.0-mile-long (12.9 km)[1] stream in San Mateo County, California[2] which rises 1.3 miles (2.1 km) north of Sierra Morena and flows westward to the Pacific Ocean 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-southeast of Miramontes Point.[3] Much of its watershed has been incorporated in the Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve.

History

The first European land exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portolà expedition, passed through the area on its way north, camping near the creek on October 27, 1769.[4]

Tributaries

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 15, 2011
  2. ↑ USGS, 09-20-07
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Purisima Creek
  4. ↑ Bolton, Herbert E. (1927). Fray Juan Crespi: Missionary Explorer on the Pacific Coast, 1769-1774. HathiTrust Digital Library. pp. 222–223. Retrieved April 2014.

Coordinates: 37°24′15″N 122°25′39″W / 37.404109°N 122.427475°W / 37.404109; -122.427475


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