page_title: Mark West Creek
hierarchical_section_title: Mark West Creek
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Mark West Creek in Sonoma County taken from under the Wohler Road bridge, looking downstream, on December 7, 2007 by Stephen Gold. Cropped using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
context_page_description: Mark West Creek is a 29.9-mile-long stream that rises in the Mayacamas Mountains of Sonoma County, California, United States. Tributaries of Mark West Creek include Porter Creek and Hummingbird Creek, both of which originate in the same mountain range. Discharge waters of Mark West Creek reach the Russian River after a confluence with the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The Community Clean Water Institute has developed a program for monitoring pollutants in Mark West Creek.
  The four-mile stretch of Mark West Creek from Mark West Lodge to Mark West Creek Road is a challenging class III-V whitewater kayaking run.
context_section_description: Mark West Creek is a 29.9-mile-long (48.1 km) stream that rises in the Mayacamas Mountains of Sonoma County, California, United States.  Tributaries of Mark West Creek include Porter Creek and Hummingbird Creek, both of which originate in the same mountain range.  Discharge waters of Mark West Creek reach the Russian River after a confluence with the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The Community Clean Water Institute has developed a program for monitoring pollutants in Mark West Creek.
  The four-mile stretch of Mark West Creek from Mark West Lodge to Mark West Creek Road is a challenging class III-V whitewater kayaking run.
caption: Mark West Creek between Windsor Creek and the Russian River
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