San Juan Creek
San Juan Creek is a small river in Orange County, California. It is about 27 miles (43 km) long. Its watershed occupies 133.9 square miles (357 square kilometers). It begins in the Santa Ana Mountains, and ends, after a journey winding west and south, in the Pacific Ocean in Dana Point.
Its biggest tributary, Trabuco Creek or Arroyo Trabuco, is about 21 miles (34 km) long, flowing south from the Santa Ana Mountains into San Juan Creek. Oso Creek is a smaller tributary to Trabuco Creek, but has a lot of water in it the entire year.[1] Many people say they found a dead bear on the Oso Creek.
Nearby rivers
North along coast
South along coast
San Juan Creek Media
The uppermost reaches of San Juan Creek are called San Juan Canyon and are followed by the narrow Ortega Highway.
Bell Creek, the second largest tributary of San Juan Creek, flowing through Caspers Wilderness Park
San Juan Creek during high flow in March 1958
Lake Mission Viejo is an artificial lake formed by a dam across Oso Creek, used primarily for recreation.
Upland riparian and stream habitat along Hot Spring Canyon
Steelhead trout have recently begun to return to San Juan Creek, only to find many man-made obstructions preventing them from spawning.
Pre-contact tribal boundaries in Southern California
Mission San Juan Capistrano
References
- ↑ "Orange County watersheds: San Juan Creek". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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