Rock Creek Loop
15.7 mi · ▲ 1,780 ft · 6 hr 7 min
Rock Creek Loop is a 15.7-mile out-and-back near Spanish Flat, CA. It climbs 1,780 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,759 – 3,340 ft16.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ridge Route 38.85929, -120.76228
Nearest town Spanish Flat, CA
Directions
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Rock Creek Loop
15.7 mi · ▲ 1,780 ft · 6 hr 7 min
Elevation 2,760–3,340 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ridge Route · 38.85929, -120.76228
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:08 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
- Start on Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
- 4 miContinue straight onto Porky Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Creek Loop, heading N.
- 2.2 miSharp right onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mace Mill Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftReach Rock Creek Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mace Mill Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mace Mill Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Porky Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
- 3.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:08 AMSunset 8:12 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:44 PM for the 8:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
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