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California
RUSH CREEK
8.2 mi
Distance
5,429 ft
Gain
5h 3m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Klamath National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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RUSH CREEK
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 8.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,429 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,429 ft
- Highest point
- 6,725 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,928 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Rush Creek is a 16.48-mile out-and-back trail in California with 5,429 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 6,725 feet.
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