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
- Start on Gazos Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Creeping Forest Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Gazos Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading SE.
- 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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