Bear Brook

Bear Brook (also known as Bear Brook Creek) is a tributary of Roaring Brook in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Madison Township and Moscow. The watershed of the stream has an area of . Wild trout naturally reproduce within it. The surficial geology in the vicinity of the stream's lower reaches consists of Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, bedrock, and alluvium. A bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 690 crosses the stream. Course Bear Brook begins on a hill in Madison Township. It flows northwest for several tenths of a mile, flowing down the hill and entering a lake. From the western end of the lake, the stream flows west-southwest for more than a mile in a valley alongside Pennsylvania Route 690. It eventually passes a few ponds or lakes and turns west for several tenths of a mile, entering Moscow. The stream then turns south for a few hundred feet before turning west for a short distance, crossing Pennsylvania Route 690 and reaching its confluence with Roaring Brook. Bear Brook joins Roaring Brook upstream of its mouth. Geography and geology The elevation near the mouth of Bear Brook is above sea level. The elevation of the stream's source is between above sea level.