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California golden beaver family on upper Los Gatos Creek Chinook salmon spawning on Los Gatos Creek in 1996 by U. S. Highway 17. Beaver dams on upper Los Gatos Creek. Note dead conifer(s) reflected in pool and in background are critical for cavity-nesting birds like wood ducks, American kestrels, mergansers, Pacific-slope flycatchers, tree swallows, owls, etc. Beaver and dam on lower Los Gatos ...
Los Gatos Creek Trail. The main segment of the Los Gatos Creek Trail is a 9.7-mile (15.6 km) pedestrian and bicycle trail that runs through western Santa Clara County in California. It runs from Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos, California through Campbell, California to Meridian Avenue in San Jose, California alongside Los Gatos Creek.
Some 19th-century maps show Los Gatos Creek and others on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley reaching the North Fork Kings River distributary after it turned south toward Tulare Lake. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This probably reflected what happened in extremely wet years like 1852, 1861–62 and 1873–74, before the advent of agricultural diversion.
Los Gatos is Spanish for "The Cats". [10] The name derives from the 1839 Alta California land grant that encompassed the area, which was called La Rinconada de Los Gatos ("The Corner of the Cats"), where the cats refers to the cougars (mountain lions) and bobcats that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located.
Lexington Reservoir Spillway filled with water. Lexington Reservoir overflows into spillway, a rare event. Lexington Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Los Gatos Creek near Los Gatos, California. The James J. Lenihan Dam, a 195 ft (59 m) high, 1,000 ft (300 m) thick earthen dam, forms the third-largest reservoir in Santa Clara County. [3][4]
Elevation. 115 ft (35 m) Willow Glen is a district of San Jose, California, in Santa Clara County. Willow Glen is known for its historic downtown, dining and shopping, and is one of the most expensive neighborhoods to live in San Jose. [1] Willow Glen was originally an independent town, until it voted to be annexed by San Jose in 1936.
”Motorists are advised to use an alternate route,” the California Department of Transportation said. Los Gatos Creek Road was closed at Derrick Street, Parsons Road and the San Benito County line.
A parking lot is at the end of the access lane. The San Tomas Expressway exit from California State Route 17 that runs just to the east of the park provides easy access via Winchester Blvd south and East Hacienda Avenue. Bike and pedestrian access via the Los Gatos Creek Trail. The Los Gatos Creek Trail runs through the park, north and south ...