Leon Creek | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Texas |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Bexar County |
Subdivision Type5: | City |
Subdivision Name5: | San Antonio, Texas |
Length: | 36miles |
Source1: | source |
Source1 Location: | SW slope of Mount Smith, seven miles northwest of Leon Springs, northwestern Bexar County |
Source1 Coordinates: | 29.68°N -98.7406°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1590feet |
Mouth: | mouth |
Mouth Location: | confluence with Medina River, Bexar County, Texas |
Mouth Coordinates: | 29.2647°N -98.4939°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 469feet |
River System: | Medina River |
Leon Creek is a tributary stream of the Medina River, in Bexar County, Texas.
Leon Creek has its source seven miles northeast of Leon Springs in northwestern Bexar County. The creek runs southeast through Leon Valley and the west side of the city of San Antonio to its mouth on the Medina River, just west of Cassin and twelve miles south of downtown San Antonio.[1] [2]
Leon Creek was a watering place for travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road including the stagecoach lines like the San Antonio-El Paso Mail and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.[3] [4]