Buffalo Scaffold / West Side Trail & Sentry Loop
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,840 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Buffalo Scaffold / West Side Trail & Sentry Loop is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Antelope Island State Park near Newport Haven, UT. It climbs 2,840 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Buffalo Scaffold / West Side Trail & Sentry Loop
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,840 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Elevation 4,204–5,230 ft
Out & Back · Antelope Island State Park
Trailhead: Sentry Loop · 40.91821, -112.17248
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 88°F / low 62° · precip 1% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sentry Loop, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Sentry Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Buffalo Scaffold / West Side Trail, heading NW.
- 5.4 miTurn right onto Split Rock Loop, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Sentry Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Scaffold / West Side Trail, heading S.
- 5.4 miContinue straight onto Sentry Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Sentry Loop, heading SE.
- 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sentry Loop Trailhead
- Sentry Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 951 ft
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