Middle Creek Access Trail

California

California

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0.5 mi

Distance

418 ft

Gain

19 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Mendocino 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
0.5 mi
Elevation gain
418 ft
Elevation loss
418 ft
Highest point
1,820 ft
Lowest point
1,598 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Middle Creek Access Trail is a short out-and-back route in California covering 0.94 miles with 418 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 1,820 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
1,599 ft
High point
1,820 ft
Total climbing
418 ft
Total descent
418 ft
Steepest stretch
20% grade around mile 0.4 on the way out
Length (round trip)
0.9 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)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Mendocino 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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