Tunitas Creek

Tunitas Creek

Tunitas Creek ("Spanish for": pricky pearies or little prickly pears creek) is a small river in San Mateo County, California. [ [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.35919&lon=-122.39166&size=l&u=4&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25 USGS] , 09-20-07] Tunitas is Spanish for "Prickly Pear-ies" or "Little Prickly Pears".

An all-weather paved county road, Tunitas Creek Road, follows the creek from its source in the Santa Cruz Mountains to its outflow at the Pacific Ocean.

Tributaries

*Dry Creek, San Mateo County
*Rings Gulch
*East Fork Tunitas Creek
*Mitchell Creek

Notes


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