Rock Creek Loop
15.5 mi · ▲ 2,329 ft · 6 hr 20 min
Rock Creek Loop is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Balderson Station, CA. It climbs 2,329 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Rock Creek Loop
15.5 mi · ▲ 2,329 ft · 6 hr 20 min
Elevation 2,788–3,531 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Porky Road · 38.89146, -120.76507
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start on Porky Road, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 2.2 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 NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading N.
- 3.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Trail 1, heading W.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 4.1 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
- 2.2 miSharp right onto Porky Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~74 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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