Wooley Creek
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
14.4 mi
Distance
5,315 ft
Gain
6h 25m
Time
Conditions: Caution
for hike, todayAgency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 7 h ago · oldest 7 h
caution: Agency alerts
4 active alerts in Six Rivers National Forest; most severe: Limited Sale Hours
USFSPosted Jun 2, 2025 · checked 7 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 75°F / low 49°F, 0% precip — 98/100 for hike
OpenWeather7 h ago
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Wooley Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 14.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,315 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,315 ft
- Highest point
- 2,168 ft
- Lowest point
- 843 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Woleey Creek is a 28.86-mile out-and-back trail in California with 5,315 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,168 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 1,095 ft
- High point
- 2,168 ft
- Total climbing
- 5,315 ft
- Total descent
- 5,315 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 18% grade around mile 1.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 29 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)
Where it is
- Marble Mountain Wilderness · Wilderness
- Ukonom Ranger District · Ranger district
- Six Rivers National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Ukonom Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Ishi Pishi River Area Use Restriction
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- SteinacherHiking0.2 mi
- Steinacher Creek PathHiking0.4 mi
- PortugueseHiking1.4 mi
- Oak Bottom CampgroundCamping1.4 mi
- Salmon RiverCanoeing3.3 mi
- Nordheimer Group SitesCamping6.4 mi
- NORDHEIMER Group Campgrounds - (Achillis; BloCamping6.4 mi
- Orleans Ranger DistrictSaltwater fishing8.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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