Bradley Creek Trail Map

Route map of the Bradley Creek Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...

Bradley Creek Trail Map

Route map of the Bradley Creek Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...

Bradley Creek Trailhead @ Yellow Gap Road (F.R. 1206) -- 2,750'

Finding the Bradley Creek Trailhead on Yellow Gap Road can be a bit tricky. Your best bet is to park in one of the small pull-offs on the east side of where Yellow Gap Road crosses a small unnamed tributary of Bradley Creek, then walk uphill watching for where the path heads down the slope into the woods...

Bradley Creek Trailhead @ Yellow Gap Road (F.R. 1206) -- 2,750'

This is the Bradley Creek Trail as it departs Yellow Gap Road...unsigned as of 2020, you can see how it can be easy to miss...

Bradley Creek Trail -- 2,720'

From the road the trail immediately drops steeply down the slope...

Bradley Creek Trail -- 2,690'

The initial steep stretch is short lived, however, as the trail soon reaches the flats along the creek above a couple large campsites...

Bradley Creek Trail -- 2,680'

Heading downstream from the campsites in the previous shot the trail isn't blazed all that well. The route is fairly obvious though...

Bradley Creek Trail @ Yellow Gap Creek -- 2,660'

About a quarter-mile in the path hops across tiny Yellow Gap Creek...

Yellow Gap Creek -- 2,660'

Yellow Gap Creek empties into Bradley Creek, as seen from the crossing in the previous shot...

Bradley Creek Trail -- 2,660'

Beyond Yellow Gap Creek the trail now begins to rise along the steep hillside bordering Bradley Creek...

Bradley Creek Trail -- 2,650'

This is a very peaceful bit of trail...

Bradley Creek Trail -- 2,640'

Hopping over another tiny tributary...