Bubbs Creek Explained

Bubbs Creek
Map:Kings River watershed.png
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Length:16.4miles[1]
Source1:Near Junction Pass
Source1 Location:Sierra Nevada
Source1 Coordinates:36.6964°N -118.3506°W[2]
Source1 Elevation:13012feet
Mouth:South Fork Kings River
Mouth Location:above Kanawyers
Mouth Coordinates:36.7894°N -118.5508°W
Mouth Elevation:5125feet
Basin Size:69.5sqmi
Tributaries Left:East Creek
Tributaries Right:Charlotte Creek

Bubbs Creek is a 16.4miles-long tributary of the South Fork Kings River in the Sierra Nevada of California, within Kings Canyon National Park.

The creek originates near Junction Pass (east of Forester Pass), in northeastern Tulare County. It flows north through a chain of lakes and enters Fresno County, where it turns west, flowing in a deep glacial canyon. It joins the South Fork Kings River at the eastern end of Kings Canyon.

The Pacific Crest Trail follows Bubbs Creek from Forester Pass as far as Vidette Creek, and the Bubbs Creek Trail follows the creek downstream of that point into Kings Canyon.

Bubbs Creek is named for John Bubbs, a prospector who crossed into the drainage from Owens Valley via Kearsarge Pass in 1864.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hydrography Dataset via National Map Viewer. U.S. Geological Survey. 2018-05-21. 2021-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210129064211/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/. dead.
  2. 219966. Bubbs Creek. 1981-01-19. 2018-05-21.
  3. Web site: Place Names of the High Sierra (1926). Yosemite Online. Farquhar, Francis P.. 2018-05-21.