{"id":57,"date":"2010-06-15T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/2008\/06\/16\/rock-creek-loop\/"},"modified":"2015-02-07T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T21:51:52","slug":"rock-creek-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/2010\/06\/15\/rock-creek-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Creek Loop, a cool summer hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"noaaWeatherIcon alignleft\" title=\"Twin Arches\" alt=\"Twin Arches\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.outragegis.com\/d\/16464-2\/aav.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hiker\" alt=\"Hiker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/2006\/images\/index\/images\/outrageGIS-2006_16.gif\" align=\"bottom\" \/> <strong>Big South Fork Map<\/strong><br \/>\nDistance:<strong> 6.6 Miles<\/strong> round-trip<br \/>\nDifficulty: <strong>++<br \/>\n<\/strong>Scenic Views:<strong> +++<br \/>\n<\/strong>Elevation Relief:<strong> 520ft <\/strong>^<br \/>\nOwnership: <strong>Big South Fork, <\/strong>NPS<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=36.47813916+++-84.66768273&amp;layer=t&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=36.478172,-84.667683&amp;spn=0.110424,0.181274&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=0\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"SimpleButton\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a class=\"Button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/sheltowee\/\">Big South Fork Trail Map: $12<br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a class=\"Button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/sheltowee\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"GoImage\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/store\/skin1\/images\/go.gif\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Hike the scenic crossroads of the John Muir Trail and Sheltowee Trace. Rock Creek Loop is a 6.6-mile loop in our Big South Fork Guide. Half of this loop follows the cool waters of Rock Creek, a trout stream with small stretches of swift water and deep pools for summer refreshment.<\/p>\n<p>Hikers weave through a forest dominated by old, stately Hemlock and American Beech trees with grassy, wildflower areas along the stream bank. The trail is a rugged footpath with a bridge across Massey Branch. Numerous backcountry campsites along the loop offer great weekend backpacking options with side trail options into Pickett State Park and the Daniel Boone National Forest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/sheltowee\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image56\" title=\"Rock Creek Loop\" alt=\"Rock Creek Loop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/2008_brochure-map.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big South Fork Map Distance: 6.6 Miles round-trip Difficulty: ++ Scenic Views: +++ Elevation Relief: 520ft ^ Ownership: Big South Fork, NPS Big South Fork Trail Map: $12 Hike the scenic crossroads of the John Muir Trail and Sheltowee Trace. Rock Creek Loop is a 6.6-mile loop in our Big South Fork Guide. Half of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-hikes","category-great-trails-and-trips-in-big-south","tag-hiking-maps","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}