Bitterbush Trail via Jones/Whites Creek Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 431 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Bitterbush Trail via Jones/Whites Creek Loop is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Galena Creek Regional Park near Sundown Town, NV. It climbs 431 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,106 – 6,490 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36460, -119.85297
Nearest town Sundown Town, NV
Directions
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Bitterbush Trail via Jones/Whites Creek Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 431 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,106–6,491 ft
Out & Back · Galena Creek Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.36460, -119.85297
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 86°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Jones/Whites Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Bitterbush Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Bitterbush Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
22% dirt78% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 86°F60°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
91°66°
Wed
91°65°
Thu
93°62°
Fri
94°63°
Sat
94°64°
Sun
92°63°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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