Welcome to Bear Creek ...

Bear Creek is located in San Joaquin County<1>.

The location of Bear Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

A typical abbreviation for Bear Creek: Bear Crk. (or less commonly used: Bear Ck. or Bear Cr.)

Bear Creek is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Bear Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Bear Creek is within the (209) area code.

Communities Also Named Bear Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Bear Creek: This one is located in San Joaquin County and the other is located in Merced County.

Beyond California, there are 39 communities that are also named Bear Creek - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia (2), Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Montana, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (5), West Virginia, Wisconsin and Yukon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bear Creek.

Communities near Bear Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear Creek.

• Stockton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
  • Stockton is located in San Joaquin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 312,716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <4>
• Manteca
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca
  • Manteca is located in San Joaquin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,445 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteca <4>
• Lodi
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
  • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <4>
• Galt
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
  • Galt is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <4>
• Lathrop
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
  • Lathrop is located in San Joaquin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,373 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <4>
• Victor
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
  • Victor is located in San Joaquin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victor <4>
• South Woodbridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
  • South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
• Woodbridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbridge
  • Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbridge <4>
• Acampo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acampo
  • Acampo is located in San Joaquin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acampo <4>
• North Woodbridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
  • North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bear Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bear Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bear Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Bear Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Creek ...

Looking for more information about Bear Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bear Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bear Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bear Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Joaquin County: www.sjgov.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/