Unnecessary Trail via Rock Creek Loop
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,249 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Unnecessary Trail via Rock Creek Loop is a 7.1-mile out-and-back near Buckeye, CA. It climbs 1,249 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,789 – 3,288 ft7.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Little Silver Trail 38.90323, -120.77528
Nearest town Buckeye, CA
Directions
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Unnecessary Trail via Rock Creek Loop
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,249 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 2,788–3,288 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Little Silver Trail · 38.90323, -120.77528
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto 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 ftBear left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Unnecessary Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach Unnecessary Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mace Mill Loop;Rock Creek Loop, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Loop, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Little Silver Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 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 surface
100% dirt
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.
Other ways to reach this destination
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More from Little Silver Trail Trailhead
- Rock Creek Loop 14.5 mi · ▲ 2,388 ft
- Rock Creek Loop 15 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft
- Mace Mill Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 990 ft
- Rock Creek Loop 7.4 mi · ▲ 990 ft
- Rock Creek Loop 4 mi · ▲ 567 ft
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