- elevation 643 ft (196 m) Mouth Sonoma Creek | Length 5 km | |
- location 4 mi (6 km) southwest of St. Helena, California - location 2 mi (3 km) northeast of Kenwood, California | ||
Bear Creek is a 2.8-mile-long (4.5 km) stream in eastern Sonoma County, California, United States, a tributary of Sonoma Creek.
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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.
References
Bear Creek (Sonoma Creek) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA