Buffalo Ranch Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Buffalo Ranch Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Kum-Li Meadows, UT. 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 Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 4,215–4,226 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.96252, -111.90333
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 90°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmington Creek Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Legacy Parkway Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 33 ft
- Legacy Parkway Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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