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
MouthSouth Fork Eel River
  coordinates
40°20′57″N 124°00′04″W / 40.34917°N 124.00111°W / 40.34917; -124.00111
  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. Bull Creek flows in a clockwise semi-circle around 3,373-foot (1,028-meter) Grasshopper Mountain to enter the South Fork Eel River approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream of the South Fork confluence with the Eel River.