Bubbs Creek

Bubbs Creek is a 16.4-mile (26.4 km)-long tributary of the South Fork Kings River in the Sierra Nevada of California, within Kings Canyon National Park.

Bubbs Creek
Bubbs Creek, upstream of its junction with Vidette Creek, looking (roughly) south towards its headwaters
Map of the Kings River drainage basin. Bubbs Creek joins the South Fork at right.
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Physical characteristics
Source	Near Junction Pass
• location	Sierra Nevada
• coordinates	36°41′47″N 118°21′02″W[1]
• elevation	13,012 ft (3,966 m)
Mouth	South Fork Kings River
• location	above Kanawyers
• coordinates	36°47′22″N 118°33′03″W[1]
• elevation	5,125 ft (1,562 m)
Length	16.4 mi (26.4 km)[2]
Basin size	69.5 sq mi (180 km2)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	East Creek
• right	Charlotte Creek

The creek originates near Junction Pass (east of Forester Pass), in northeastern Tulare County. It flows north through a chain of lakes and enters Fresno County, where it turns west, flowing in a deep glacial canyon. It joins the South Fork Kings River at the eastern end of Kings Canyon.

The Pacific Crest Trail follows Bubbs Creek from Forester Pass as far as Vidette Creek, and the Bubbs Creek Trail follows the creek downstream of that point into Kings Canyon.

Bubbs Creek is named for John Bubbs, a prospector who crossed into the drainage from Owens Valley via Kearsarge Pass in 1864.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of California