Cerrito Creek is one of the principal watercourses running out of the Berkeley Hills into San Francisco Bay in northern California. It is significant for its use as a boundary demarcation historically, as well as presently. In the early 19th century, it defined the northern boundary of the vast Rancho San Antonio. Today, it defines part of the boundary between Alameda County and Contra Costa County. The creek is named for Albany Hill, formerly called Cerrito de San Antonio, a small though prominent hill which lies directly on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay in Albany. The creek's outlet into the bay lies at the foot of the northern slope of the hill and discharges into the Albany Mudflats. A significant portion of Cerrito Creek has recently been "daylighted", that is, the culvert in which it was enclosed has been removed in several portions in the flatlands, especially adjacent to the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center. Native vegetation including native grasses, wildflowers and Arroyo willows have been replanted. Further upstream, east of Colusa Avenue, the creek forms a small canyon separating Kensington and Berkeley.
See also
- Fluvius Innominatus (Central Creek)
- Baxter Creek
- Codornices Creek
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| River | Rivers, creeks, streams: Baxter Creek • Castro Creek • Cerrito Creek • Fluvius Innominatus • Garrity Creek • Meeker Slough (Creek) • Rheem Creek • San Pablo Creek • Wildcat Creek |
| Wetland | Wetlands, Marshes, mud flats, swamps, sloughs: Albany Mudflats • Breuner Marsh • Brooks Island Salt Marsh • Giant Marsh • Hoffman Marsh • Meeker Slough • Parchester Marsh • Point Molate Marsh • San Pablo Creek Marsh • Stege Marsh • Whitell Marsh • Wildcat Marsh |
| Lake | Lakes, ponds, reservoirs, lagoons Brickyard Cove Pond • Hilltop Lake (Hilltop) • Hilltop Lake (Point Pinole) • Miller/Knox Lagoon • Nicholl's Knob Pond • North Reservoir • Point Pinole Pond • Potrero Hills Quarry Pond • San Pablo Reservoir |
| Bay | Bays, habours, wharves, piers, ports, marinas, coves, channels: Brickyard Cove • Campus Bay • Castro Cove • Harbor Channel • Hoffman Channel • Kozy Kove • Lauritzen Canal • Point San Pablo Marina • Richmond Marina Bay • Marina Bay Marina • Parr-Rich Canal • Port of Richmond • Richmond Ferry Terminal • Richmond Inner Harbor • Richmond Outer Harbor • Richmond Rod & Gun Club Yacht Harbor • Richmond Yacht Club • Santa Fe Canal • Santa Rita Channel • Santa Fe Marina • San Pablo Canal • San Francisco Bay • San Pablo Bay • Westshore Marina |
| Land | Landmasses, Rocks, Islands, Valleys, Canyons, Gorges, Points, Peaks, Beaches, Ranges: Berkeley Hills • Brother Islands • Brooks Island • Castro Point • Castro Rocks • East Brother Lighthouse • Ferry Point • Kellar Beach • Kozy Kove • Richmond Long Wharf • Nicholl's Knob • Point Isabel • Point Molate • Point San Pablo • Point Pinole • Point San Pablo • Point Richmond Pier • Point Pinole Pier • Potrero Hills • San Pablo Canyon • San Pablo Ridge • Wildcat Canyon |
