Crane Creek (California)

For the census-designated place in Yosemite National Park, see Crane Creek, California.

Crane Creek
Crane Creek east of Rohnert Park
Location of the mouth of Crane Creek in California
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sonoma County
City	Rohnert Park, California
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sonoma Mountain
• coordinates	38°21′4″N 122°36′4″W[1]
• elevation	1,535 ft (468 m)
Mouth	Hinebaugh Creek
• location	Rohnert Park, California
• coordinates	38°21′19″N 122°41′26″W[1]
• elevation	112 ft (34 m)[1]

Crane Creek is a stream in Sonoma County, California, United States 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 Petaluma Hill Road.[5]

See also

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

References

1. 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) Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
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^[permanent dead link‍]