Fall Creek
Fall Creek is a small river in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in San Mateo County, California. It is a tributary of Pescadero Creek. The creek flows through a Coast Redwood forest in its short course through a narrow canyon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Tip Toe Falls and Portola Redwoods State Park.
Tip Toe Falls
Waterfall
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Tip Toe Falls, is a 6-foot tall waterfall on Fall Creek in the Portola Redwoods State Park, California. There is also an 8-foot upper falls, a few hundred feet upstream, which is much lesser known.
Portola Redwoods State Park
Protected area
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Portola Redwoods State Park is a 2,800 acres state park in California situated in San Mateo County. The parks' primary watercourses — Peters Creek, Pescadero Creek and their associated tributaries — converge at Portola Redwoods State Park. Tip Toe Falls is a small waterfall along Fall Creek, a tributary of Pescadero Creek. Portola Redwoods State Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fall Creek.
Pescadero Creek County Park
Nature reserve
Pescadero Creek Park, located near Loma Mar, San Mateo County, California, United States, is operated by the San Mateo County Department of Parks. The park complex of 8,020 acres also includes the neighboring Memorial, Sam McDonald and Heritage Grove parks. Pescadero Creek County Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Fall Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loma Mar and La Honda.
Loma Mar
Hamlet
Loma Mar is a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California. It is near San Mateo County Memorial Park on Pescadero Creek Road and is in area code 650. Loma Mar is situated 5 miles west of Fall Creek.
La Honda
Village
La Honda is a census-designated place in southern San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 979 at the 2020 census. It is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains between the Santa Clara Valley and California's Pacific coast. La Honda is situated 6 miles northwest of Fall Creek.
Fall Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Fall Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fall Creek”
- Cebuano: “Fall Creek”
- Venetian: “Fall”
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