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Welcome to Rock Creek Crossing ...

Rock Creek Crossing is located in Plumas County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Creek Crossing: Rock Crk. Xing. (or less commonly used: Rock Ck. Xing. or Rock Cr. Xing.)

Rock Creek Crossing is 3,740 feet [1,140 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rock Creek Crossing is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Rock Creek Crossing lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rock Creek Crossing: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Rock Creek Crossing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rock Creek Crossing - it's located in Kansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Creek Crossing.

Communities near Rock Creek Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock Creek Crossing.

  • Paradise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Belden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stirling City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Big Bar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bar is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
  • Bucks Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
  • Pulga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
  • Powellton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Merrimac
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Merrimac is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rock Creek Crossing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Creek Crossing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock Creek Crossing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Creek Crossing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Creek Crossing. See our Newspapers Page for Rock Creek Crossing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Creek Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Rock Creek Crossing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rock Creek Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Creek Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Plumas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Creek Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Creek Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Creek Crossing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.