| Tenaja Canyon Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tenaja Canyon |
| Map: | SanMateoCreekArroyoSanOnofre.jpg |
| Map Size: | 265 |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 265 |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | California |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Riverside County |
| Length: | 3.5miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | Pacific Ocean |
| Source1: | at the head of Tenaja Canyon, at the confluence of arroyos from El Potrero del Tenaja, Redonda Mesa and Tenaja Mountain highlands. |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 33.5064°N -117.3642°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1875feet |
| Mouth: | confluence with San Mateo Creek near Fishermans Camp |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 33.5294°N -117.4089°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1112feet |
| Tributaries Right: | unnamed arroyo from Tenaja Mountain highlands, unnamed arroyo from Tenaja Mountain highlands |
Tenaja Canyon Creek, a stream or arroyo, tributary to San Mateo Creek, in the Cleveland National Forest in Riverside County, California. Its source is at an altitude of 1875 feet. The creek has its source at the confluence of arroyos from El Potrero del Tenaja, Redonda Mesa and Tenaja Mountain highlands.[1] and it flows northwestward miles down Tenaja Canyon to its mouth and its confluence near Fishermans Camp, at an elevation of 1112 feet with San Mateo Creek.[2] [3] The word may refer to the arroyo El Portero del Tenaja or to the topographic structure.