AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rock Creek Loop

7 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Rock Creek Loop is a 7-mile out-and-back near Buckeye, CA. It climbs 948 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,851 – 3,340 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Silver Trail 38.90192, -120.77236
Nearest town Buckeye, CA
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Rock Creek Loop

7 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 2,850–3,340 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Little Silver Trail · 38.90192, -120.77236

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

  1. Start on Little Silver Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
  3. 1.2 miSharp right onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
  7. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
  13. 1.2 miBear left onto Little Silver Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rock-creek-loop-out-back-11-km-9601

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:26 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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