Ten Mile River (California)
| Ten Mile River (California) Ten Mile Creek, Tenmile | |
|---|---|
Ten Mile River, looking north from California 1 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Mendocino |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of North Fork Ten Mile Creek and Middle Fork Ten Mile Creek |
| • coordinates | 39°33′10″N 123°46′01″W / 39.55278°N 123.76694°W |
| • elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 39°33′10″N 123°46′01″W / 39.55278°N 123.76694°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Middle Fork Ten Mile Creek, Mill Creek, California, South Fork Ten Mile Creek |
| • right | North Fork Ten Mile Creek |
Ten Mile River (also known as Ten Mile Creek) is in northern Mendocino County, California, United States. It is named for the fact that its mouth is 10 miles (16 km) north of the mouth of the Noyo River. The lands around lower Ten Mile River provide valuable freshwater and saltwater marsh habitat for a variety of birds. The Ten Mile River Estuary, Ten Mile Beach, and Ten Mile State Marine Reserve together form a marine protected area that extends from the estuary out to 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi). Ten Mile Beach is also part of MacKerricher State Park, which extends approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southward from the mouth of the river to Cleone and includes approximately 1,300 acres (526 ha) of the "most pristine stretch of sand dunes [in California]."