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| Difficulty: 1.5
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Route Finding: 1.5
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| Distance Round Trip
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0.69
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| Trailhead Elev
742 feet |
Elev Gain 327 feet |
| Avg Time Round Trip
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20 minutes |
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| Waypoints: |
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| Trailhead |
N 34° 10.515 W 118° 53.136
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Spring Canyon Trail
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N 34° 10.243 W 118° 53.150
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Oak Creek Canyon Loop Trail
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N 34° 10.519 W 118° 53.012
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Topographic Route Map |
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Elevation Profile |
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By Scott Legal
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The Oak Creek Canyon Loop is a wonderful trail. The west side of the loop is covered by oaks over its entire length. There is a junction with an access trail to the Spring Canyon Trail near the midpoint of the Loop. The east side doesn’t have as much tree cover until near the north end allowing you to take in views of the surrounding terrain.
Along the east end the trail winds along a wooden fence line. The trail is pretty flat over most of the length of the west side. The saw tooth shaped elevation profile is caused by the tree cover which disrupts the GPS reception that allows me to measure the elevation along the way. The elevation gain of the trail is also probably over stated by perhaps as much as 250 feet. Obviously the elevation profile should be a much flatter and smoother line. The benefit of the elevation profile though is to show that the trail starts higher than it ends. The terrain on the Oak Creek Canyon Loop is pretty gentle compared to trails like the Los Robles Trail and the Rosewood Trail.
After passing the access trail to the Spring Canyon Trail is mostly downhill. The access trail provides access for mountain bikers coming off of the Los Robles Trail. Be alert because it’s all downhill for them as well and some of them ride pretty fast. The trail winds along before dropping onto a flat tree covered section. Unlike the west end of the loop which travels along a fence line for most of it’s length, the east end has no fences, is less pedestrian and has more of a wilderness feel and less of an equestrian feel to it.
The trail is called a loop trail because it starts and ends on Greenmeadow Avenue. In order to complete the loop you have to walk along Greenmeadow Avenue until you get back to wherever you started your loop.
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Winding along the fenceline on the west side |
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A small meadow amid oaks on the west side |
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Oak Creek Canyon Wildflowers |
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Oak Creek Canyon Conejo |
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Near the northeast trailhead |
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