Buffalo Ranch Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 5 hr 17 min
Buffalo Ranch Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Sport Sales Plaza, UT. It is mostly level, with 27 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 via D&RGW Rail Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 5 hr 17 min
Elevation 4,211–4,264 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.92165, -111.89234
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 71° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading W.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading N.
- 2 miReach Buffalo Ranch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miBear right onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 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.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 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 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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- Onion Parkway Trail 3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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