| Novato Creek | |
|---|---|
 Novato Creek in summer 2016 | |
  Location of the mouth within California | |
| Native name | Spanish: Cañada de Novato[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Marin County |
| Cities | Novato |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Northeastern Marin County |
| • location | above Novato, California |
| • coordinates | 38°8′36″N 122°38′33″W / 38.14333°N 122.64250°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,100 ft (340 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 38°5′43″N 122°29′18″W / 38.09528°N 122.48833°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Novato near Lee Gerner Park[3] |
| • average | 0.19 cu ft/s (0.0054 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0.00 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 2.50 cu ft/s (0.071 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bowman Canyon Creek |
| • right | Vineyard Creek, Arroyo Avichi, Arroyo San Jose |
Novato Creek is a stream in eastern Marin County, California, United States. It originates in highlands between Red Hill and Mount Burdell above the city of Novato, California, and flows 17 miles (27 km) before emptying into San Pablo Bay south of Petaluma Point.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Novato Creek
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G (2010). California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 264.
- ^ "Novato C a Novato CA". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-23.