Bear Creek (Yellow River)

Bear Creek,[1] also known as Bear Hollow Creek, is a 6.3-mile-long (10.1 km)[2] tributary of the Yellow River of Iowa, originating in Jefferson Township, near Rossville in Allamakee County. It parallels Allamakee County Road X26 (Rossville/Monona Road). It enters the Yellow River near Volney, approximately where the state of Iowa maintains the Yellow River Valley Canoe and Heritage Trail in Allamakee County.

There is also a Bear Creek (Upper Iowa River), a tributary to the Upper Iowa River, also in Allamakee County.

Sources

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011