Stevens Creek (California)

Stevens Creek
Cupertino Creek
Steelhead trout and spawning redd on Stevens Creek
Stevens Creek watershed (Interactive map)
Native nameArroyo San José de Cupertino (Spanish)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Clara County
CityMountain View, California
Physical characteristics
SourceBlack Mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains
  locationMonte Bello Open Space Preserve
  coordinates37°18′40″N 122°11′14″W / 37.31111°N 122.18722°W / 37.31111; -122.18722
MouthSouthwest San Francisco Bay
  location
Whisman Slough, Mountain View, California
  coordinates
37°26′45″N 122°03′49″W / 37.44583°N 122.06361°W / 37.44583; -122.06361
  elevation
3 ft (0.91 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftIndian Creek (San Leandro River), Bay Creek (San Leandro River), Gold Mine Creek, Swiss Creek, Montebello Creek, Heney Creek
Arroyo de San José Cupertino
DesignatedDecember 23, 1964
Reference no.800

Stevens Creek is a 20.9-mile-long (33.6 km) 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. It flows southeasterly through the Stevens Creek County Park before turning northeast into Stevens Creek Reservoir. It then continues north for 12.5 miles (20.1 km) through Cupertino, Los Altos, Sunnyvale and Mountain View before emptying into the San Francisco Bay at the Whisman Slough, near Google's main campus.