Copper Mine Gulch is a valley in
Marin County, California
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United States
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which is associated with a small stream.
The stream descends the western slope of the
Bolinas Ridge
Bolinas Ridge is a north-south ridge in southwestern Marin County, California.
Much of the western side of the ridge is protected parkland in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the eastern side is watershed lands of the Marin Munici ...
, passing the mine from which it receives its name, and flows through the town of
Dogtown into the
San Andreas Rift Valley. The creek then continues southwards and flows into
Pine Gulch Creek.
Most of Copper Mine Gulch is in the
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of the park is land formerly used by the Unite ...
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See also
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Audubon Canyon
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List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so th ...
References
Rivers of Marin County, California
West Marin
Rivers of Northern California
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