Bear Creek (San Francisquito Creek tributary)

Bear Creek, or Bear Gulch Creek, is a 6.6-mile-long (10.6 km) southeastward-flowing stream originating north of the summit of Sierra Morena in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near the community of Kings Mountain in San Mateo County, California, United States. It flows through the town of Woodside. Bear Creek and Corte Madera Creek join to become San Francisquito Creek in the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve at Stanford University.

Bear Creek
Arroyo de la Presa
Bear Gulch Creek
Bear Creek coming down from top of photo to join with Corte Madera Creek at bottom of photo, forming San Francisquito Creek below Searsville Dam.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSan Mateo County
CityWoodside, California
Physical characteristics
SourceNortheast slope of Sierra Morena, California a summit in the Sierra Morena portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Kings Mountain, California
  locationWoodside
  coordinates37°25′09″N 122°19′09″W
  elevation2,150 ft (660 m)
MouthSan Francisquito Creek
  location
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University
  coordinates
37°24′36″N 122°14′18″W
  elevation
256 ft (78 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftWest Union Creek, Dry Creek
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