12N76 & One Eye Creek Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,801 ft · 3 hr 44 min

12N76 & One Eye Creek Road is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Soapweed, CA. It climbs 1,801 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,494 – 3,343 ft · steepest grade: 31%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 12N76 38.83934, -120.70911
Nearest town Soapweed, CA

Directions

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12N76 & One Eye Creek Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,801 ft · 3 hr 44 min

Elevation 2,493–3,345 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 12N76 · 38.83934, -120.70911

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:07 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start on 12N76, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto One Eye Creek Road, heading E.
  6. 1.4 miReach 12N76, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.9 miTurn left onto 12N76, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 8:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:46 PM for the 8:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 10 min before dark.

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