Pescadero Creek
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Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California, United States. At 26.6 miles, it is the longest stream in San Mateo County and flows all year from springs in the
Pescadero Creek
Pescadero Creek
Beaver-chewed willow branch in newly restored channel of Butano Creek. Photo taken September 25, 2022, courtesy of Troy Guy.
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Pescadero, California
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Pescadero is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States, two miles east of State Route 1 and Pescadero State Beach. The town is 14.4 miles south
Pescadero Creek
…del Pescadero appears on the disueños of the 1830s. The 1860s' Coast Survey called it the Pescador River. Spanish-speaking people founded the town of Pescadero, California in 1856. The pre-European Pescadero watershed was occupied by the Ohlone. The Quirostes controlled the area from Bean Hollow Creek southward to Año…
Downtown Pescadero, looking north on Stage Road
Downtown Pescadero on Stage Road, looking south, May 2008
Pescadero State Beach is located on Highway 1, roughly two miles (3 km) west of town.
Pescadero Marsh (spring 2017)