Bull Creek (Humboldt County)

Bull Creek
Old-growth redwood forest of the Bull Creek floodplain
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionHumboldt County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°15′36″N 123°59′15″W / 40.26000°N 123.98750°W / 40.26000; -123.98750[1]
MouthSouth Fork Eel River
 • coordinates
40°20′57″N 124°00′04″W / 40.34917°N 124.00111°W / 40.34917; -124.00111[1]
 • elevation
272 ft (83 m)
Basin size41 sq mi (110 km2)

Bull Creek is the largest Eel River tributary drainage basin preserved within Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The basin contains the world's largest remaining contiguous old-growth forest of coast redwoods.[2] Bull Creek flows in a clockwise semi-circle around 3,373-foot (1,028-meter) Grasshopper Mountain[3] to enter the South Fork Eel River approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream of the South Fork confluence with the Eel River.[4]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bull Creek
  2. ^ "Humboldt Redwoods State Park". Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grasshopper Mountain
  4. ^ DeLorme California Atlas and Gazetteer (1st edition) (2008) ISBN 0-89933-383-4 map 38