Bear Butte Creek

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Bear Butte Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

The creek takes its name from Bear Butte. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Butte Creek
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 11.

Coordinates: 44°30′29″N103°08′27″W / 44.50806°N 103.14083°W / 44.50806; -103.14083