Purisima Creek
Purisima Creek is an 8.0-mile-long stream in San Mateo County, California which rises 1.3 miles north of Sierra Morena, a mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and flows westward to the Pacific Ocean 2.3 miles south-southeast of Miramontes Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seal Rock and Martins Beach.
Seal Rock
Islet
Seal Rock is a small island in San Mateo County, California. It lies just off the county's Pacific coast, about halfway between Half Moon Bay and San Gregorio.
Martins Beach
Beach
Martins Beach is a beach located in San Mateo County, California, named after local landowner and farmer Nicholas Martin. The beach is accessible only via Martins Beach Road, which runs from Highway 1 through privately held land. Martins Beach is situated 2 miles southeast of Purisima Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lobitos and Half Moon Bay.
Lobitos
Hamlet
Lobitos is a populated place in San Mateo County, just east of State Route 1 and south of Half Moon Bay and the ghost town of Purissima. It is 165 feet above sea level. Lobitos is situated 2 miles southeast of Purisima Creek.
Half Moon Bay
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Half Moon Bay is a city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The Half Moon Bay Coastside is a rural seaside community about 30 miles south of San Francisco.
San Gregorio
Hamlet
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San Gregorio is an unincorporated community in San Mateo County, California, with a population of 214 people. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, south of Half Moon Bay. San Gregorio is situated 6 miles southeast of Purisima Creek.
Purisima Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: stream in California, United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Purisima Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Purisima Creek”
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