Buffalo Ranch Trail & Farmington Creek Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Buffalo Ranch Trail & Farmington Creek Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Davis County Fairgrounds near Kum-Li Meadows, UT. It is mostly level, with 29 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 Trail & Farmington Creek Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 4,215–4,270 ft
Out & Back · Davis County Fairgrounds
Trailhead: Farmington Creek Trail · 40.97865, -111.90440
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Transit-accessible: State St @ 720 W stop 280 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Farmington Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Farmington Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Haight Creek Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Farmington Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftArrive 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 1.0 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: State St @ 720 W stop 280 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Farmington Creek Trail Trailhead
- Farmington Creek Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail & Farmington Creek Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmington Creek Trail & Legacy Parkway Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail & Farmington Creek Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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