Malpaso Creek is a small, coastal stream 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Carmel in Monterey County, California, United States.

[4] The creek was named by the United States Coast Survey from the hand-drawn diseño of Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito.

[10] On September 6, 1888, shortly after ownership of the Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito was resolved by a court, almost all of the claimants banded together to form the Carmelo Land and Coal Company.

[12] In 1897, Alexander MacMillan Allan, a successful race track architect and real estate developer from Pennsylvania, was hired to improve the coal mine operation.

[14] Local distribution of Pelvetiopsis arborescens occurs in the rocks near the creek,[15] as does Rhodophysema elegans var.

44-17)[24][25] was built at a cost of $24,000 in 1935 using a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch design, similar to the famous Bixby Creek Bridge, located 8 miles (13 km) to the south.

[27] The bridge is situated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of the Carmel River on California State Route 1.

[28] While serving in the US Army at nearby Fort Ord, actor Clint Eastwood developed an interest in Carmel area real estate.

The company was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High, using profits from the Dollars Trilogy.