Rock Creek Loop

15 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Rock Creek Loop is a 15-mile out-and-back near Buckeye, CA. It climbs 2,295 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,789 – 3,530 ft · steepest grade: 18%15.4 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Rock Creek Loop

15 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Elevation 2,788–3,531 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Little Silver Trail · 38.90323, -120.77528

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 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. 3.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miBear right onto Trail 1, heading N.
  13. 3.4 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
  20. 1.2 miBear left onto Little Silver Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM — 3 min before dark.

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