14 mi of trail, end to end · Rock Creek Trailhead: 7.1 mi loop in the Service's write-up · about 2,900 ft of climbing · 4,219 ft–6,708 ft · native material surface · trail No. 580 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide
Boat launches
Along the waySouth Lake Como Boating Site
TrailheadRock Creek Trailhead 4,401 ft Drive there
Little Rock Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Little Rock Creek Trailhead has parking for approximately 4 vehicles. It accesses Little Rock Creek Trail #57 to Little Rock Creek Lake. This trail is not recommended for stock use and there are no facilities.
Rock Creek Trailhead 7.1 mi loop · the Forest Service's write-up
$5/vehicle/day, $30/vehicle/year
Rock Creek Trailhead is located on the south side of Lake Como. It offers access to the Rock Creek Trail #580 to Elk Lake or can be used to do the 7.1 mile loop around Lake Como. There is a parking area for stock users and it is in close proximity to the Rock Creek Horse Camp.
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
