Buffalo Ranch Pond & Buffalo Ranch Trail
7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Buffalo Ranch Pond & Buffalo Ranch Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back near Kum-Li Meadows, UT. The route reaches Buffalo Ranch Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buffalo Ranch Pond & Buffalo Ranch Trail
7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 4,215–4,238 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: D&RGW Rail Trail · 40.97522, -111.90889
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 90°F / low 70° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: 100 N @ 1059 W stop 766 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on D&RGW Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miPass Buffalo Ranch Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Buffalo Ranch Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 100 N @ 1059 W stop 766 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from D&RGW Rail Trail Trailhead
- D&RGW Rail Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail Loop 6.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail Loop 6.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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