McWay Creek
McWay Creek is a 2.5-mile-long coastal stream in Monterey County in the U.S. state of California. It flows steeply west and south from McWay Canyon, high in California's Central Coast Range, and spills into the Pacific Ocean at Waterfall Cove after flowing over scenic McWay Falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include McWay Falls.
McWay Falls
Waterfall
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McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slates Hot Springs and Big Sur.
Slates Hot Springs
Hamlet
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Slates Hot Springs is the site of a hot spring in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. It is located 8 miles north-northwest of Lopez Point, at an elevation of 118 feet. Slates Hot Springs is situated 3 miles southeast of McWay Creek.
Big Sur
McWay Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“McWay Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “McWay Creek”
- Catalan: “riu McWay”
- Cebuano: “McWay Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماكواى كريك”
- Venetian: “McWay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Posts and Tassajara Hot Springs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include McWay Canyon and McWay Cove.
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