Los Capitancillos Creek

Los Capitancillos Creek is a stream in Santa Clara County, California. Los Capitancillos Creek is situated nearby to the locality English Town, as well as near the hamlet Twin Creeks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guadalupe Reservoir and Mount Umunhum.

Guadalupe Reservoir

Reservoir

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Guadalupe Reservoir is a reservoir in Santa Clara County, California, United States, about 15 miles south of the city of San Jose, California. It is at an elevation of 614 feet.

Mount Umunhum

Peak

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Mount Umunhum is a peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, located in Santa Clara County, California. It is the fourth-highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, after Loma Prieta, Crystal Peak, and Mount Chual. Mount Umunhum is situated 2 miles southwest of Los Capitancillos Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almaden Valley and New Almaden.

Almaden Valley

Suburb

Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Almaden Valley, commonly known simply as Almaden, is a valley and neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in South San Jose. It is nestled between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the Santa Teresa Hills to the east, bordering the town of Los Gatos and West San Jose neighborhood. Almaden Valley is situated 2½ miles north of Los Capitancillos Creek.

New Almaden

Hamlet

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New Almaden, known in Spanish as Nuevo Almadén, is a historic community and former mercury mine in the Capitancillos Hills of San Jose, California, located at the southwestern point of Almaden Valley in South San Jose. New Almaden is situated 3 miles east of Los Capitancillos Creek.

Mountain Home

Hamlet

Mountain Home, also known as Casa Loma, is a sparsely populated area located on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated southwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States near Mount Chual and Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserves. Mountain Home is situated 6 miles southeast of Los Capitancillos Creek.

Los Capitancillos Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Arroyo De Los Capitancillos”, “Arroyo Seco De Los Capitancillos”, and “Guadalupe Creek”
Category: body of water
Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.18439° or 37° 11′ 4″ north

Longitude

-121.87134° or 121° 52′ 17″ west

Elevation

620 feet (189 metres)

Open location code

849W54MH+QF

GeoNames ID

5334089

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