THE BEAR CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pocono High Plateau setting.
Bear Creek township has 67.1 square miles of land in Luzerne County. Its Census reference point is in Pocono High Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bear Creek and Luzerne County
Bear Creek is associated with Luzerne County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Bear Creek by land and water
The Census records 1.88 square miles of water within Bear Creek, or 2.7% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points higher than the 1.8% recorded for Luzerne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bear Creek township has 35.4 times the land area of nearby Bear Creek Village borough (1.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.