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Wyoming
COTTONWOOD CREEK
1.1 mi
Distance
670 ft
Gain
31 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Bighorn National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
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COTTONWOOD CREEK
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 670 ft
- Elevation loss
- 670 ft
- Highest point
- 8,932 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,578 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Cottonwood Creek is a 2.22-mile out-and-back trail in Wyoming with 670 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 8,932 feet.
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