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San Andreas Creek: Primary outflows: San Andreas Creek: Catchment area: 4.4 sq mi (11 km 2) Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 4.8 km (3.0 mi) Surface area: 550 acres (220 ha) Water volume: 19,027 acre⋅ft (23,469,000 m 3) Surface elevation: 453 ft (138 m) Settlements: Millbrae San Bruno: References: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic ...
The reservoirs are located in the rift valley created by the San Andreas Fault just to the west of the cities of San Mateo and Hillsborough, and I-280. The lakes are part of the San Mateo Creek watershed. Crystal Springs Regional Trail runs along the reservoir.
Summer sunset at Crystal Springs. Crystal Springs Regional Trail is a county park located between San Bruno to the north and Woodside to the south. The park comprises three main trails: Crystal Springs Trail on the south, Sawyer Camp Trail in the middle, and San Andreas Trail in the northern section, which run along the eastern shore of San Andreas Lake in San Mateo County.
This list of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes, ponds, and reservoirs by county. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids. Alameda County
Coyote Creek Parkway is a multi-use trail that is paved for 15 miles (24 km) south to Anderson Lake County Park. [1] Coyote Creek Parkway is a jurisdiction of the Santa Clara County Parks. Coyote Creek Trail continues to the north along Coyote Creek under the jurisdiction of San Jose city parks. [3] [4] Hellyer County Park in December 2012
San Andrés Creek (Spanish for: St. Andrew's Creek), now called San Andreas Creek, is a perennial stream that flows 5.9 miles (9.5 km) [3] southeasterly along the San Andreas Fault from Sweeney Ridge in San Mateo County, California, providing the inflow to and outflow from San Andreas Reservoir, and then entering Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir, where it was a historic tributary to San Mateo ...
Crystal Springs Dam is a concrete gravity dam constructed across the San Mateo Creek in San Mateo County, California. It impounds water in a rift valley created by the San Andreas Fault to form the Crystal Springs Reservoir. The dam itself is located about 1,100 feet (340 m) east of the fault.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]