California Boat. new areas and list of lakes and rivers
Friday, 6. March 2009
Every boat and sail boater wants to find a great new area to navigate. Here is a lengthy list of some great lakes, rivers, and creeks in the state of California.
You should remember to get a great bite to eat from a wonderful local restaurant and hit the lake , river, or ocean in your boat.
Here are some of the most famous lakes, rivers, and creeks that you can boat in your area.
List of lakes in California
• Lake Almanor
• Lake Berryessa
• Big Bear Lake
• Clear Lake
• Don Pedro
• Donner Lake
• Eagle Lake
• Goose Lake (Also extends into Oregon).
• Lower Klamath Lake
• Lake Merritt
• Mono Lake
• New Melones Lake
• Lake Oroville
• Lake Pillsbury
• Salton Sea
• Shasta Lake
• Lake Tahoe (Also extends into Nevada).
• Tenaya Lake
• Trinity Lake
• Tule Lake
• Whiskeytown Lake
List of rivers in California
Far North Coast
Rivers and streams between the Oregon border and Humboldt Bay that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first)
• Smith River
o Rowdy Creek
• Klamath River
o Trinity River
o Salmon River
o Scott River
o Shasta River
• Redwood Creek (Humboldt County)
• Little River (Humboldt County)
• Mad River
o Maple Creek (California)
[edit] Tributaries of Humboldt Bay
Primary streams entering Humboldt Bay are listed north to south beginning north of the entrance to the bay and continuing in a clockwise direction. Tributaries entering nearest the bay are listed first. For a detailed listing of minor creeks and sloughs that drain into the bay and ultimately to the Pacific Ocean, see the Humboldt Bay article.[1][2]
• Jolly Giant Creek
• Jacoby Creek
• Eureka Slough
o Freshwater Slough
Freshwater Creek
• Elk River (California)
• Salmon Creek (Northern Humboldt County)
[edit] North Coast
Rivers and streams between Humboldt Bay and the Golden Gate that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first):
• Eel River:
o Van Duzen River:
Yaeger Creek
o Bull Creek (Humboldt County)
• Bear River (Humboldt County)
• Mattole River
• Noyo River
• Big River
• Little River (Mendocino County)
• Albion River
• Navarro River
• Garcia River
• Gualala River:
o Wheatfield Fork
• Russian River
For details of the Sonoma and Marin coasts, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
[edit] Tributaries of San Francisco Bay
Streams that empty into San Francisco Bay or its tributary bays (arranged clockwise, starting at the north side of the Golden Gate; tributaries are listed from north to south where known, otherwise alphabetically).
For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Petaluma River
• Sonoma Creek
• Napa River
• Sacramento River:
o Pit River
McCloud River
Hat Creek
Burney Creek
Fall River
o Clear Creek
o Cow Creek
o Cottonwood Creek
o Battle Creek
o Mill Creek
o Deer Creek
o Big Chico Creek
o Stony Creek
o Butte Creek
o Feather River
Fall River
Yuba River
Bear River
o Dry Creek
o American River
Rubicon River
Gerle Creek
Silver Creek
Slab Creek
o Putah Creek
o Cache Creek
Forbes Creek
o Cache Slough
Miner Slough
Lindsey Slough
Lookout Slough
Steamboat Slough
Ulatis Creek
Horse Creek
• San Joaquin River:
o Mokelumne River
Cosumnes River
Bear River
o Calaveras River
o Stanislaus River
o Tuolumne River
Clavey River
o Merced River
o Chowchilla River
o Fresno River
o Big Creek
o Tulare Lake Basin — this region would overflow into the San Joaquin River during flood years
Kings River
Kaweah River
Tule River
Kern River
• Pinole Creek
• Alameda Creek
• Coyote Creek
• Guadalupe River
• Stevens Creek
• San Francisquito Creek
• Redwood Creek (San Mateo County)
• San Mateo Creek
For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
[edit] Central Coast
Rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Point Arguello, arranged in order from north to south.
For details of the San Mateo coast, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• San Gregorio Creek
• Pescadero Creek
• San Lorenzo River
o Carbonera Creek
o Zayante Creek
Bean Creek
• Pajaro River
o San Benito River
• Elkhorn Slough
• Salinas River
o Estrella River
o Nacimiento River
o San Antonio River
• Carmel River
• Little Sur River
• Big Sur River
o Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek
• San Luis Obispo Creek
• Santa Maria River
o Cuyama River
o Sisquoc River
• Santa Ynez River
[edit] South Coast
Rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean southeast of Point Arguello, arranged from north to south:
• Ventura River
• Santa Ynez River
• Santa Clara River
o Castaic Creek
o Piru Creek
o Sespe Creek
• Malibu Creek
• Los Angeles River
o Aliso Creek
o Tujunga Wash
o Arroyo Seco
o Rio Hondo
• San Gabriel River
• Santa Ana River
o Lytle Creek
o Mill Creek
o San Jacinto River (drains into Lake Elsinore but can overflow into the Santa Ana)
o Santiago Creek
• Santa Margarita River
• Aliso Creek
• Salt Creek
• San Juan Creek
• San Mateo Creek
• San Diego River
• San Luis Rey River
• San Dieguito River
• Sweetwater River
• Otay River
• Tijuana River
[edit] Tributaries of the Gulf of California
Rivers that empty into the Gulf of California:
• Colorado River
[edit] Salton Sea
Rivers that empty into the Salton Sea:
• Alamo River
• New River
• San Gorgonio River
• Whitewater River
• Salt Creek
• Chino Canyon Creek
[edit] Great Basin
Rivers in the Great Basin:
• Amargosa River
• Carson River
• Lost River
• Mojave River
• Owens River
o Rock Creek
o Big Pine Creek
o Bishop Creek
• Susan River
• Truckee River
o Little Truckee River
• Walker River
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