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Bubbs Creek

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Bubbs Creek
Bubbs Creek, upstream of its junction with Vidette Creek, looking (roughly) south towards its headwaters
Map of the Kings River drainage basin. Bubbs Creek joins the South Fork at right.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Physical characteristics
SourceNear Junction Pass
 • locationSierra Nevada
 • coordinates36°41′47″N 118°21′02″W / 36.69639°N 118.35056°W / 36.69639; -118.35056[1]
 • elevation13,012 ft (3,966 m)
MouthSouth Fork Kings River
 • location
above Kanawyers
 • coordinates
36°47′22″N 118°33′03″W / 36.78944°N 118.55083°W / 36.78944; -118.55083[1]
 • elevation
5,125 ft (1,562 m)
Length16.4 mi (26.4 km)[2]
Basin size69.5 sq mi (180 km2)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftEast Creek
 • rightCharlotte Creek

Bubbs Creek is a 16.4-mile (26.4 km)-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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References

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  1. ^ a b "Bubbs Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset via National Map Viewer". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. "Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)". Yosemite Online. Retrieved 2018-05-21.