San Tomas Aquinas Creek Arroyo de San Tomás Aquinas, San Tomas Aquino Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Santa Clara County |
Cities | Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos, Campbell, Santa Clara, San Jose |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | El Sereno Summit in the Santa Cruz Mountains[1] |
• location | Saratoga, California |
• coordinates | 37°13′04″N 122°01′32″W / 37.21778°N 122.02556°W[2] |
• elevation | 2,400 ft (730 m) |
Mouth | Guadalupe Slough in South San Francisco Bay |
• location | Sunnyvale, California |
• coordinates | 37°23′20″N 121°58′07″W / 37.38889°N 121.96861°W[2] |
• elevation | 13 ft (4.0 m)[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Wildcat Creek, Saratoga Creek |
• right | Mistletoe Creek, Smith Creek |
San Tomas Aquinas Creek, known locally as San Tomas Aquino Creek, is a 16.5-mile-long (26.6 km) stream[2] that heads on El Sereno mountain in El Sereno Open Space Preserve in Saratoga, California in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It flows north through the cities of Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos, Campbell, Santa Clara and San Jose before its confluence with the Guadalupe Slough in south San Francisco Bay.