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Horse Mountain Creek Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
California

Horse Mountain Creek Trail

Whitethorn, California

12.0 mi

Distance

4,068 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Horse Mountain Creek Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:1 ft
Max:474 ft
Gain:1,240 ft
Loss:1,240 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1 ft and 474 ft across 13.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1 ft159 ft316 ft474 ft0.0 mi3.4 mi6.7 mi10.1 mi13.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi28 ft
High point6.6 mi474 ft
End13.4 mi28 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Shelter Cove, CA · in or next to town
County:
Humboldt County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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