Crane Creek (California)

Coordinates: 38°21′19″N 122°41′26″W / 38.35528°N 122.69056°W / 38.35528; -122.69056

Crane Creek
stream
Crane Creek east of Rohnert Park
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sonoma County
City	Rohnert Park, California
Source
- location	Sonoma Mountain
- elevation	1,535 ft (468 m)
- coordinates	38°21′4″N 122°36′4″W / 38.35111°N 122.60111°W / 38.35111; -122.60111 [1]
Mouth	Hinebaugh Creek
- location	Rohnert Park, California
- elevation	112 ft (34 m) [1]
- coordinates	38°21′19″N 122°41′26″W / 38.35528°N 122.69056°W / 38.35528; -122.69056 [1]

Crane Creek is a stream in Sonoma County, California, USA which rises in the northern Sonoma Mountains. ^[2] This watercourse flows through Crane Canyon and the Crane Creek Regional Park ^[3] situated on the northwestern flank of Sonoma Mountain. Crane Creek forms a confluence with Hinebaugh Creek in the city of Rohnert Park; thereafter, the channelized ^[4] Hinebaugh Creek flows westerly to discharge to the Laguna de Santa Rosa. Hiking access to the upper Crane Creek reaches is from Roberts Road off of Petaluma Hill Road.^[5]

See also

• Fairfield Osborn Preserve
• Five Creek
• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crane Creek
2. ^ USGS: 7.5 minute quadrangle map: Cotati, photorevised (1980)
3. ^ Sonoma County Regional Parks: Crane Creek Regional Park (2005)
4. ^ Earth Metrics Inc., Environmental Impact Report for the City of Rohnert Park General Plan, C Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau, Ballard George et al., City of Rohnert Park, California and the State of California Environmental Clearinghouse, Sacramento, Report 10351, March, 1990
5. ^ Bay Area Hiker: Crane Creek Regional Park, 2003