What is San Juan Creek?
[[Image:San Juan Creek in San Juan Capistrano.JPG|thumb|right|250px|San Juan Creek just two miles from its mouth.]] '''San Juan Creek''' is a small [[river]] in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[California]]. It is about {{convert|27|mi|km}} long. Its [[watershed]] occupies 133.9 square miles (357 square kilometers). It begins in the [[Santa Ana Mountains]], and ends, after a journey winding west and south, in the [[Pacific Ocean]] in [[Dana Point, California|Dana Point]]. Its biggest [[tributary]], '''Trabuco Creek''' or '''Arroyo Trabuco''', is about {{convert|21|mi|km}} long, flowing south from the Santa Ana Mountains into San Juan Creek. '''Oso Creek''' is a smaller tributary to Trabuco Creek, but has a lot of water in it the entire year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocwatersheds.com/watersheds/sanjuan.asp|title=Orange County watersheds: San Juan Creek|accessdate=2009-03-31|archive-date=2007-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013181620/http://www.ocwatersheds.com/watersheds/sanjuan.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many people say they found a dead bear on the Oso Creek. ==Nearby rivers== ===North along coast=== *[[Aliso Creek]] ===South along coast=== *[[Santa Margarita River]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Greater Los Angeles Area}}{{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of California]] [[Category:Orange County, California]]