Cottonwood Creek is a stream in San Diego County, California. It originates in the Cottonwood Creek Park in the town of Encinitas, then flows towards Moonlight Beach, where it discharges into the Pacific Ocean.
| Cottonwood Creek | |
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 Looking downstream towards Moonlight Beach | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | San Diego County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cottonwood Creek Park |
| Mouth | Moonlight Beach |
• location | City of Encinitas, California |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Beginning in 1881 steam locomotives stopped to replenish their boilers with the water from Cottonwood Creek which produced the steam that moved the trains.[1] A town formed around this site and would evolve into Encinitas. The creek was also a water source for the community in times of drought. For these reasons, in 1991 it was designated by the State of California a Point of Historic Interest.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "State of California Point of Historical Interest SDI-011 - Encinitas, CA - Signs of History on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ zcode (11 May 2013). "Plaque Naming Cottonwood Creek as a California Point of Historic Interest to be Unveiled". 92024 Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018.