| Bells Bar | |
|---|---|
| Former settlement | |
  Bells Bar Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 39°51′57″N120°45′07″W / 39.86583°N 120.75194°W Coordinates: 39°51′57″N120°45′07″W / 39.86583°N 120.75194°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Plumas County |
| Elevation [1] | 4,068 ft (1,240 m) |
Bells Bar (also, Bell Bar) [2] is a former settlement in Plumas County, California. [1] It lay at an elevation of 4068 feet (1240 m). [1] Bells Bar is located on the Middle Fork of the Feather River, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) east-southeast of Quincy. [2]
Plumas County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,007. The county seat is Quincy, and the only incorporated city is Portola. The largest community in the county is East Quincy. The county was named for the Spanish Río de las Plumas, which flows through the county.
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.
The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about 73 miles (117 km) long. Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is just over 210 miles (340 km). The main stem Feather River begins in Lake Oroville, where its four long tributary forks join together—the South Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork, and West Branch Feather Rivers. These and other tributaries drain part of the northern Sierra Nevada, and the extreme southern Cascades, as well as a small portion of the Sacramento Valley. The total drainage basin is about 6,200 square miles (16,000 km2), with approximately 3,604 square miles (9,330 km2) above Lake Oroville.
