Welcome to Bear Creek ...

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

Bear Creek is 2,220 feet [677 m] above sea level.<1> In other words, the altitude of Bear Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Bear Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Area Code for Bear Creek: 867

Communities Also Named Bear Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Bear Creek - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia (2), California (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 and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bear Creek ...

We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Bear Creek.

• Haines Junction
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines Junction
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haines Junction <2>
• Kloo Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kloo Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kloo Lake
• Silver City
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City

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.

Adding Bear Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Bear Creek was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Western Canada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bear Creek.