Las Garzas Creek (Carmel River tributary)
| Las Garzas Creek Arroyo de las Garzas | |
|---|---|
Carmel River Watershed Map with major tributaries, National Marine Fisheries Service 2013 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Monterey County |
| Municipality | Carmel Valley, California |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Southern flank of Patriarch Ridge, on the northeastern slope of the Santa Lucia Range |
| • coordinates | 36°26′20″N 121°51′17″W / 36.43889°N 121.85472°W |
| • elevation | 2,814 ft (858 m) |
| Mouth | Confluence with the Carmel River |
• location | Carmel Valley, California |
• coordinates | 36°29′32″N 121°45′04″W / 36.49222°N 121.75111°W |
• elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Salsipuedes Creek, Cienega Creek |
Las Garzas Creek is a 9.0-mile-long (14.5 km) northeastward-flowing stream, the lowermost major tributary of the Carmel River. It originates about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of Palo Corona summit on a saddle between Patriarch Ridge and an unnamed peak to its south. This saddle is part of the east-west watershed divide of the northern Santa Lucia Range. The creek flows almost entirely through the Santa Lucia Preserve to its confluence with the Carmel River in Carmel Valley, Monterey County, California.