Rock Creek Loop
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,346 ft · 5 hr 54 min
Rock Creek Loop is a 14.2-mile out-and-back near Buckeye, CA. It climbs 2,346 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,789 – 3,744 ft · steepest grade: 17%14.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Little Silver Trail 38.90192, -120.77236
Nearest town Buckeye, CA
Directions
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Rock Creek Loop
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,346 ft · 5 hr 54 min
Elevation 2,788–3,745 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Little Silver Trail · 38.90192, -120.77236
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
- Start on Little Silver Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading NW.
- 3.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Access Road, heading N.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Trail 1, heading SE.
- 3.4 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Little Silver Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
73% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM — 7 min before dark.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
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- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
- 6.5 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
- 7.6 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
- 8.5 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
- 9 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
- 10.7 mi · out & back · via Rock Creek Loop
More from Little Silver Trail Trailhead
- Mar Det Trail & Ridge Route via Rock Creek Loop 12.4 mi · ▲ 1,480 ft
- Rock Creek Loop 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,253 ft
- Rock Creek Loop 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,253 ft
- Mace Mill Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 948 ft
- Rock Creek Loop 7 mi · ▲ 948 ft
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