Water Bodies
- In California
- Bear Creek (San Francisquito Creek), a tributary of San Francisquito Creek in San Mateo County
- Bear Creek (San Mateo County, California), a tributary of Pescadero Creek
- Bear Creek (Santa Ana River), a tributary of the Santa Ana River
- Bear Creek (Sonoma Creek), a tributary of Sonoma Creek in Sonoma County
- In Oregon
- Bear Creek (Oregon), several streams of that name
- Bear Creek (Rogue River), a tributary of the Rogue River
- In Pennsylvania
- Bear Creek (Pennsylvania) (disambiguation), several streams of that name
- Bear Creek (Lehigh River), a tributary of the Lehigh River
- Bear Creek (Loyalsock Creek), a tributary of Loyalsock Creek
- Elsewhere
- Bear Creek (Yellow River), a tributary of the Yellow River in Iowa
- Bear Creek (Upper Iowa River), in Iowa and Minnesota
- Bear Creek (New Jersey), a tributary of the Pequest River
- Bear Creek Reservoir, in Alabama
- Lambly Creek, also known as Bear Creek, in British Columbia, Canada
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