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The Santa Cruz River east of Nogales just after re-entering the United States from Mexico. The Santa Cruz has its headwaters in the high intermontane grasslands of the San Rafael Valley to the southeast of Patagonia, Arizona, between the Canelo Hills to the east and the Patagonia Mountains to the west, just north of the international border.
The Nature Conservancy purchased the former land grant ranch in 1998 and Arizona established the "San Rafael State Natural Area" in the valley in 1999 on the southern part of that property. The protected areas are not open to the public. The land grant is privately owned. The State Natural Area is south of the land grant, and borders Mexico.
Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California, United States.At 26.6 miles (42.8 km), [2] it is the longest stream in San Mateo County and flows all year from springs in the Santa Cruz Mountains. [3]
The San Lorenzo begins as an intermittent stream around the precipitous slopes of Castle Rock Ridge, a major divide separating drainages of the San Francisco Bay area and the Pacific Ocean, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Its headwaters is about 1 mile upstream of Castle Rock State Park [8] on private property just south of the Saratoga Gap. Once ...
Tumacácori National Historical Park is located in the upper Santa Cruz River Valley in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona. The park consists of 360 acres (1.5 km 2 ) in three separate units. [ 4 ] The park protects the ruins of three Spanish mission communities, two of which are National Historic Landmark sites.
The creek arises at 2,210 feet (670 m) on the southern flank of Ben Lomond Mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. [7] Y Creek flows 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to join Laguna Creek at stream mile 1.5. [ 8 ] Reggiardo Creek joins Laguna Creek from the right (heading downstream) and is the largest named tributary.
Wilder Ranch State Park is a California State Park on the Pacific Ocean coast north of Santa Cruz, California. The park was formerly a dairy ranch, and many of the ranch buildings have been restored for use as a museum. There are no campgrounds; a day-use parking lot provides access to the museum.
Stevens Creek is a 20.9-mile-long (33.6 km) [4] stream in Santa Clara County, California.The creek originates in the Santa Cruz Mountains on the western flank of Black Mountain in the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve near the terminus of Page Mill Road at Skyline Boulevard.