French Creek
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.1 mi
Distance
1,539 ft
Gain
40 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
French Creek
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,539 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,539 ft
- Highest point
- 2,159 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,729 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
French Creek is a 2.18-mile out-and-back trail in California with 1,539 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 2,159 feet.
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