Bear Creek is a stream in Miller County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River.
The stream headwaters arise on the north side of a ridge about two miles north of Brumley (at ) at an elevation of about . The stream flows northwest to north passing the old community of Blackmer to its confluence with the Osage adjacent to Wolf Creek (at ) at an elevation of .
Bear Creek was so named due to frequent sightings of bears near its course.