California
San Joaquin Valley
Merced County

Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a census-designated place in , . It is located 3.5 miles east of , at an elevation of 190 feet. The population was 273 at the 2020 United States census, down from 290 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 290 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Bear Creek, CA” and “Bear Creek, Merced County, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Valley High School.

School
is a high school located within the Merced Union High School District in the community of , , United States. The school first opened in August 1994, with its first class of seniors graduating on June 5, 1996. is situated 2 miles west of Bear Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merced and Lingard.

Photo: Amadscientist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 86,000 people in the of . Located along State Route 99 which runs between the agricultural cities of the eastern San Joaquin Valley, is also a gateway to Yosemite via State Route 140.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 8 miles west of , at an elevation of 194 feet. is situated 4 miles south of Bear Creek.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , . is 9 miles east of , the county seat, at an elevation of 226 feet. The population was 4,164 at the 2020 census, down from 4,584 at the 2010 census. is situated 5 miles east of Bear Creek.

Bear Creek

Latitude
37.29716° or 37° 17′ 50″ north
Longitude
-120.41741° or 120° 25′ 3″ west
Population
290
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Open location code
849X7HWM+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150935467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5326775
Wiki­data ID
Q4876373
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Bear Creek” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bear Creek”
  • Cebuano: “Bear Creek”
  • Chechen: “Бер-Крик (Мерсед гуо, Калифорни)”
  • Chechen: “Бер-Крик”
  • Chinese: “貝爾克里克 (加利福尼亞州默塞德縣)”
  • Chinese: “貝爾克里克”
  • Croatian: “Bear Creek”
  • French: “Bear Creek”
  • German: “Bear Creek”
  • Irish: “Bear Creek”
  • Italian: “Bear Creek”
  • Ladin: “Bear Creek”
  • Persian: “بیر کریک مرسید کانتی، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “بیر کریک مرسید کانتی”
  • Persian: “بیر کریک، شهرستان مرسد، کالیفرنیا”
  • Polish: “Bear Creek”
  • Serbian: “Бер Крик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bear Creek, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bear Creek”
  • Spanish: “Bear Creek”
  • Tatar: “Бер-Крик (Мерсед округы, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Бер-Крик”
  • Turkish: “Bear Creek”
  • Ukrainian: “Бер-Крік”
  • Urdu: “بئیر کریک، مرسیڈ کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Urdu: “بئیر کریک”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Templo La Hermosa and Agricultural Museum Of Merced County.

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