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Rock Creek Loop

7.6 mi · ▲ 1,318 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Rock Creek Loop is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Buckeye, CA. It climbs 1,318 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,789 – 3,288 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Silver Trail 38.90323, -120.77528
Nearest town Buckeye, CA
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Rock Creek Loop

7.6 mi · ▲ 1,318 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 2,788–3,288 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Little Silver Trail · 38.90323, -120.77528

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Little Silver Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
  4. 1.2 miSharp right onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading N.
  10. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
  17. 1.2 miBear left onto Little Silver Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 350 ftArrive 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-12-km-c474

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:07 AMSunset 8:12 PM

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