Buffalo Ranch Pond & Haight Creek Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Buffalo Ranch Pond & Haight Creek Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Misty Meadows, UT. The route reaches Buffalo Ranch Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 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 & Haight Creek Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 4,215–4,263 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Haight Creek Trail · 40.99455, -111.93957
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Haight Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miReach Buffalo Ranch Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Haight Creek Trail Trailhead
- Haight Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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