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| | Bay Area Hiker: Austin Creek |
 | | The final stretch of the journey to Austin Creek includes an uphill drive on a sinuous, narrow, dead-end road which departs from Armstrong Redwood's dark canyon floor and climbs into a whole new world, of oak-dotted grassland where steeply-sloped hillsides lead downhill to rushing creek and backpack camps. |
 | | Be prepared, in the wettest months, for some mud near the creeks, and numerous creek crossings, one of which may be impassable after periods of heavy rainfall. |
 | | Austin Creek Trail levels out a bit, and meanders upslope from Gilliam Creek, on the right, through California bay, fl oak, and big-leaf maple. |
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