McWay Creek

McWay Creek is a 2.5-mile-long coastal stream in Monterey County in the U.S. state of . It flows steeply west and south from McWay Canyon, high in California's , and spills into the Pacific Ocean at Waterfall Cove after flowing over scenic .
Wikipedia
Photo: Cabbessa, Public domain.
  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
  • Description: river in the United States of America

Places of Interest

Highlights include McWay Falls.

Waterfall
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an 80-foot-tall waterfall on the coast…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slates Hot Springs and Big Sur.

Hamlet
Photo: Jw4nvc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the site of a hot spring in the region of . is situated 3 miles southeast of McWay Creek.

Photo: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0.
contains vast wildernesses and breathtaking…

McWay Creek

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Latitude
36.1583° or 36° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
-121.67189° or 121° 40′ 19″ west
Open location code
848W585H+86
Geo­Names ID
5371842
Wiki­data ID
Q6802760

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.

Monterey County: Highlights

Notable places include Salinas and Monterey.

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