Map of Bear Creek CDP, Alaska

Bear Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 2,129 up from 1,956 in 2010. Bear Creek is a few miles north of Seward near the stream of the same name and its source, Bear Lake.

Bear Creek CDP overview:
Name:Bear Creek CDP
LSAD Code:57
LSAD Description:CDP (suffix)
State:Alaska
County:Kenai Peninsula Borough
Elevation:138 ft (42 m)
Total Area:39.59 sq mi (102.55 km²)
Land Area:38.33 sq mi (99.28 km²)
Water Area:1.26 sq mi (3.26 km²)
Total Population:2,129
Population Density:55.54/sq mi (21.44/km²)
Area code:907
FIPS code:0205585
GNISfeature ID:1865547

Online Interactive Map

Bear Creek online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Bear Creek location map. Where is Bear Creek CDP?

Bear Creek location on the Alaska map. Where is Bear Creek CDP.
Location of Bear Creek in Alaska.

Bear Creek Road Map

Road map of Bear Creek
Road map of Bear Creek

Bear Creek city Satellite Map

Satellite map of Bear Creek
Satellite map of Bear Creek

Geography

Bear Creek is located at 60°10′34″N 149°23′42″W / 60.17611°N 149.39500°W / 60.17611; -149.39500 (60.176060, -149.395066). It is bordered to the south by the city of Seward and to the north by Primrose. The CDP includes the unincorporated community of Woodrow, located at the south end of Bear Lake.

Alaska Route 9, the Seward Highway, runs the length of the Bear Creek community, leading south 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Seward and north 31 miles (50 km) to Alaska Route 1 at Tern Lake. Anchorage is 122 miles (196 km) north of Bear Creek.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 39.5 square miles (102.2 km), of which 38.2 square miles (99.0 km) are land and 1.3 square miles (3.3 km), or 3.21%, are water. The southern border of the CDP is the Resurrection River to its outlet in Resurrection Bay. Bear Lake is in the center, draining south to the Resurrection. The CDP is bordered to the northeast by the South Fork of the Snow River, which flows north to Kenai Lake and is part of the Kenai River watershed flowing west to Cook Inlet.

See also

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