Waddell Creek (California)

Waddell Creek
Cañada de la La Salud[1][2]
The mouth of Waddell Creek at Waddell Beach, in the Rancho Del Oso section of the Big Basin Redwoods State Park
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Cruz County
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of East and West Waddell Creeks in the
 • locationBig Basin Redwoods State Park
 • coordinates37°08′02″N 122°16′03″W / 37.13389°N 122.26750°W / 37.13389; -122.26750[3]
 • elevation82 ft (25 m)[4]
MouthPacific Ocean
 • coordinates
37°05′33″N 122°16′36″W / 37.09250°N 122.27667°W / 37.09250; -122.27667[3]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftEast Waddell Creek
 • rightWest Waddell Creek
Looking north from Coast Highway 1 bridge at Waddell Creek estuary
The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail passing over West Waddell Creek
1954 Map of Waddell Creek, Scott Creek and San Lorenzo River

Waddell Creek is the name given to both the creek and the watershed that run through Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California.[5] The Waddell Creek mainstem is formed by the confluence of East and West Waddell Creeks, and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Waddell Beach, just south of Año Nuevo Point.

  1. ^ Erwin Gustav Gudde (1960). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 356. GGKEY:403N5Z6QERG.
  2. ^ Donald Thomas Clark (1986). Santa Cruz County Place Names. Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Historical Society.
  3. ^ a b c "Waddell Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 29, 2017
  5. ^ Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary page