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Creeping Forest Trail & Gazos Creek Road is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Riverside Grove, CA. It climbs 412 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,027 – 1,394 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gazos Creek Road 37.17676, -122.22340
Nearest town Riverside Grove, CA

Directions

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Creeping Forest Trail & Gazos Creek Road

2.1 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 54 min

Elevation 1,028–1,393 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: Gazos Creek Road · 37.17676, -122.22340

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Big Basin Redwoods State Park stop 529 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Gazos Creek Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 100 ftTurn left onto Creeping Forest Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miReach Gazos Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftSharp left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F53°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity55%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue 75°54°
Wed 83°50°
Thu 83°53°
Fri 92°63°
Sat 88°58°
Sun 80°52°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Big Basin Redwoods State Park stop 529 m from the trailhead

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