Baker Gulch Trail

California

California

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0.7 mi

Distance

820 ft

Gain

26 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Shasta-Trinity National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.7 mi
Elevation gain
820 ft
Elevation loss
820 ft
Highest point
2,052 ft
Lowest point
1,900 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Baker Gulch Trail is a 1.38-mile out-and-back route in California with 820 feet of elevation gain and 2,052 feet of maximum elevation.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,011 ft
High point
2,052 ft
Total climbing
820 ft
Total descent
820 ft
Steepest stretch
28% grade around mile 0.3 on the way out
Length (round trip)
1.4 mi
Shape
Out and back

It rolls up and down the whole way rather than holding one long climb.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Trinity Rvr Hatchery, CA weather station, 1.5 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan50° high33° low
  2. Feb56° high33° low
  3. Mar62° high35° low
  4. Apr68° high38° low
  5. May77° high44° low
  6. Jun86° high49° low
  7. Jul96° high54° low
  8. Aug94° high52° low
  9. Sep89° high46° low
  10. Oct76° high39° low
  11. Nov58° high36° low
  12. Dec48° high32° low

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Shasta-Trinity National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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