Bear Creek (Sonoma Creek)
Encyclopedia
Bear Creek is a 2.8 miles (4.5 km) stream
in eastern Sonoma County, California
, United States
, a tributary of Sonoma Creek
.
county line, about 0.6 mile (0.965604 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
.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
in eastern Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, a tributary of Sonoma Creek
Sonoma Creek
Sonoma Creek is a stream in northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of southern Sonoma County, California, with headwaters rising in the rugged hills of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and discharging to San Pablo Bay, the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. The watershed drained by...
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Course
The stream originates near the Sonoma-NapaNapa County, California
Napa County is a county located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is coterminous with the Napa, California, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population is 136,484. The county seat is Napa....
county line, about 0.6 mile (0.965604 km) north of the northern Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain (California)
Bald Mountain is a name given to over fifty summits in California.* In Sugarloaf Ridge State Park there are two Bald Mountain summits, both located on the Sonoma-Napa County border:**The northern one, at , rises to an elevation of...
summit. It descends first to the west and then to the south, emptying into Sonoma Creek just west of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park is a state park in Northern California, U.S.A.. Located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of Kenwood, the park straddles the boundary between Sonoma and Napa counties...
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See also
- Bear Creek (California)
- Graham CreekGraham CreekGraham Creek is a perennial stream in Sonoma County, California, tributary to Sonoma Creek. Graham Creek rises in the northern Sonoma Mountains and flows generally northeasterly down the northeastern flank of Sonoma Mountain. Historically this watercourse was called Wild Water Creek, a name used...
- List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Yulupa CreekYulupa CreekYulupa Creek is a southeast-flowing perennial stream that rises on the southeastern flanks of the northern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma County, California, United States...