Buffalo Ranch Pond & Buffalo Ranch Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Buffalo Ranch Pond & Buffalo Ranch Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Oakridge Country Club Estates, UT. The route reaches Buffalo Ranch Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buffalo Ranch Pond & Buffalo Ranch Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 4,215–4,227 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Buffalo Ranch Trail · 40.97295, -111.92122
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 90°F / low 70° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading NE.
- 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 NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Buffalo Ranch Pond.
- 1 miSharp left onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 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 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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