Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights

16 mi · ▲ 4,279 ft · 7 hr 28 min

Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Porterville, UT. It climbs 4,279 ft, with sections as steep as 50% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,732 – 8,380 ft · steepest grade: 50%16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97152, -111.71916
Nearest town Porterville, UT

Directions

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Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights

16 mi · ▲ 4,279 ft · 7 hr 28 min

Elevation 5,734–8,379 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.97152, -111.71916

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 1 miSharp left, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 2 miTurn left onto Gold Hill Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left onto Farmington Flat Road, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miReach Chicken Creek Loop Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 2.2 miBear right onto Deep Creek Trail, heading NW.
  12. 2.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.5 mi in (~238 min). Leave by 3:39 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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