Buck Creek Trail

California

California

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2.1 mi

Distance

1,183 ft

Gain

1h 2m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Los Padres 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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Through-trail
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,183 ft
Elevation loss
1,183 ft
Highest point
2,906 ft
Lowest point
2,692 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Buck Creek Trail is a 4.16-mile out-and-back hike in California with 1,183 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,906 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,692 ft
High point
2,906 ft
Total climbing
1,183 ft
Total descent
1,183 ft
Steepest stretch
8% grade around mile 1.4 on the way out
Length (round trip)
4.2 mi
Shape
Out and back

The climb is steady from start to finish.

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

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Sandberg, CA weather station, 7.9 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan52° high39° low
  2. Feb53° high38° low
  3. Mar57° high41° low
  4. Apr62° high43° low
  5. May70° high49° low
  6. Jun80° high58° low
  7. Jul88° high65° low
  8. Aug88° high65° low
  9. Sep83° high61° low
  10. Oct71° high52° low
  11. Nov60° high44° low
  12. Dec52° high38° low

The station sits about 1,600 ft higher than this spot, so expect it to run a little warmer here.

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 Mt. Pinos Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

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

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