San Francisquito Creek
San Francisquito Creek is a creek whose mainstem flows 12.9-mile-long eastwards to southwest San Francisco Bay in California, United States. Historically it was called the Arroyo de San Francisco by Juan Bautista de Anza in 1776.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: creeks in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Arroyo De San Francisco”, “Arroyo De San Francisquito”, “Francisquito Creek”, and “Rio de San Francisco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County and Hooks Island.
Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County
Aerodrome
Photo: Jewbacca, Public domain.
Palo Alto Airport is a general aviation airport in the city of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California, United States, near the south end of San Francisco Bay on the western shore.
Hooks Island
Island
Hooks Island is an uninhabited, approximately 36-acre tidal salt marsh island in San Francisco Bay, in Palo Alto, California, United States. In the 2010s, it was observed to be a home for tens of near-endangered California clapper rails.
Silicon Valley International School
School
Silicon Valley International School, colloquially INTL, is a private grade day school located in Silicon Valley, with two campuses in Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Gables and East Palo Alto.
Green Gables
Neighborhood
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Gables is a 1950s subdivision located in Palo Alto, California, United States. The subdivision was developed by Joseph Eichler, whose company built its first 63 homes in 1950.
East Palo Alto
Town
East Palo Alto is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of East Palo Alto was 30,034. It is situated on the San Francisco Peninsula, roughly halfway between the cities of San Francisco and San Jose.
Professorville
Neighborhood
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Professorville is a registered historic district in Palo Alto, California containing homes that were built by Stanford University professors. The historic district is bounded by Addison Avenue, Waverley Street, Kingsley Avenue, and Ramona Street. Professorville is situated 2½ miles southwest of San Francisquito Creek.
San Francisquito Creek
- Categories: brook and body of water
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“San Francisquito Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “San Francisquito Creek”
- Chinese: “小圣弗朗西斯科溪”
- Hebrew: “נחל סן פרנסיסקיטו”
- Macedonian: “Сан Францискито (поток)”
- Macedonian: “Сан Францискито”
- Venetian: “San Francisquito”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cooley Landing and Ravenswood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course and Hooks Point.
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