Bear Creek (Sonoma Creek tributary)

For other Bear Creeks in California, see Bear Creek.

Bear Creek is a 2.8-mile-long (4.5 km)^[2] stream in eastern Sonoma County, California, United States, a tributary of Sonoma Creek.

Bear Creek
Location of the mouth of Bear Creek in California
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sonoma County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	4 mi (6 km) southwest of St. Helena, California
• coordinates	38°27′53″N 122°30′22″W[1]
Mouth	Sonoma Creek
• location	2 mi (3 km) northeast of Kenwood, California
• coordinates	38°26′35″N 122°31′56″W[1]
• elevation	643 ft (196 m)[1]
Length	2.8 mi (4.5 km)

Course

The stream originates near the Sonoma–Napa county line, about 0.6 miles (1.0 km) north of the northern Bald Mountain summit. It descends first to the west and then to the south, emptying into Sonoma Creek just west of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park.

Habitat and pollution

As of 2000, Bear Creek supported steelhead trout.^[3]

See also

• Graham Creek
• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Yulupa Creek

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 10, 2011
3. Cox, Bill (2000). "Major Streams in Sonoma County" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-04.