Golden Trout Creek
Tributary of the Kern River
Golden Trout Creek is an approximately 9-mile (14 km) long tributary of the Kern River, flowing in northeastern Tulare County, California.
The creek drains an area of the High Sierra Nevada in the Inyo National Forest. Volcano Creek is a tributary of it.
Course
It starts near 12,900-foot (3,900 m) Cirque Peak and Siberian Pass as the confluence of several small streams in Big Whitney Meadow and flows south, turning west at the confluence of the South Fork. From there, it flows through the Golden Trout Creek Volcanic Field[1] at Little Whitney Meadow and joins the Kern River in Kern Canyon, about 40 mi (64 km) north of Lake Isabella.
Ecology
California's state fish, the Golden trout, are native to Golden Trout Creek. The high Volcano Falls located near the mouth of the creek prevents other trout species from the main Kern River from mixing with those in this creek.
See also
- Golden Trout Wilderness Area
- Kern River rainbow trout
References
- ^ USGS Volcanic Hazards Program
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Tulare Basin hydrography
- North Fork Kings River
- South Fork Kings River
- Middle Fork Kings River
- Roaring River
- Dinkey Creek
- Kings Canyon
- Pine Flat Dam
- Pine Flat Lake
- Rodgers Crossing Dam (proposed)
- North Fork Kaweah River
- Middle Fork Kaweah River
- Marble Fork Kaweah River
- East Fork Kaweah River
- South Fork Kaweah River
- Lime Kiln Creek
- Paradise Creek
- Horse Creek
- St. John's River
- Kaweah Canyon
- Mineral King
- Terminus Dam
- Lake Kaweah
- North Fork Tule River
- Middle Fork Tule River
- South Fork Tule River
- North Branch Tule River
- South Branch Tule River
- Success Dam
- Lake Success
- Buena Vista Lake
- Buena Vista Slough
- Canebrake Creek
- Clear Creek
- Connecting Slough
- Golden Trout Creek
- Isabella Dam
- Lake Isabella
- Kern River Canyon
- Kern River Slough
- Kern Lake
- Lake Evans
- Lake Webb
- Little Kern River
- Poso Creek
- Rock Creek
- South Fork Kern River
- Tulare Lake
- California Aqueduct
- Friant-Kern Canal
- Mill Creek
- White River
36°21′01″N 118°24′16″W / 36.35028°N 118.40444°W / 36.35028; -118.40444
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