title: Bear Creek (Rocky River tributary)
text: # Bear Creek (Rocky River tributary)
  
  Bear Creek is a 24.49 mi (39.41 km) long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Bear Creek rises about 4 miles west-southwest of Bonlee, North Carolina in Chatham County and then follows an easterly course to join the Rocky River about 6 miles south of Pittsboro.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Bear Creek drains 51.71 square miles (133.9 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 444.18 and is about 55% forested.
  
  