San Andreas Creek
San Andrés Creek, now called San Andreas Creek, is a perennial stream that flows 5.9 miles southeasterly along the San Andreas Fault from Sweeney Ridge in San Mateo County, California, providing the inflow to and outflow from San Andreas Reservoir, and then entering Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir, where it was a historic tributary to San Mateo Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “San Andrés Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Andreas Lake and Sweeney Ridge.
San Andreas Lake
Reservoir
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Andreas Lake is a reservoir adjacent to the San Francisco Peninsula cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in San Mateo County, California. It is situated directly on the San Andreas Fault, which is named after the valley it is in.
Sweeney Ridge
Protected area
Photo: Leijurv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sweeney Ridge, is a 1,200-acre hilly hiking area of ridges and ravines between San Bruno and Pacifica, California, about a 25-minute drive south from San Francisco.
Artichoke Joe’s Casino
Casino
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Artichoke Joe's Casino is a card club in San Bruno, California. The club is owned by Dennis Sammut and managed, in part, by Ron Cox, a former Foster City councilman. Artichoke Joe’s Casino is situated 2 miles northeast of San Andreas Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Bruno and Lomita Park.
San Bruno
Photo: Michael Margolis, CC BY 2.0.
San Bruno is a city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is south of South San Francisco and north of Millbrae. It is famous for being the main headquarters of YouTube.
Lomita Park
Hamlet
Lomita Park, California is a small unincorporated community adjacent to San Bruno in San Mateo County, just west of the San Francisco International Airport. Lomita Park is situated 2 miles east of San Andreas Creek.
Millbrae
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Millbrae is a city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is south of San Bruno and north of Burlingame. It is very close to San Francisco International Airport and is an important Bay Area transit hub because it has the southernmost BART station on the Peninsula and is served by Caltrain.
San Andreas Creek
- Categories: river 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 Catalan to Venetian—“San Andreas Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “San Andreas Creek”
- Hebrew: “נחל סן אנדראס”
- Slovenian: “San Andreas Creek”
- Venetian: “San Andreas”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Millbrae Meadows and Vallemar.
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Highlights include Buckeye Park and Skycrest Shopping Center.
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