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Wyoming
Needle Creek Trail
5.2 mi
Distance
1,014 ft
Gain
2h 15m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Shoshone National Forest
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Needle Creek Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,014 ft
- Highest point
- 7,899 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,913 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Washakie Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Needle Creek Trail is a 5.22-mile out-and-back hike in Wyoming with 1,014 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a straightforward out-and-back route.
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