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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2 miTurn left onto Gold Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Farmington Flat Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Chicken Creek Loop Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Deep Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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.
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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.
More from this trailhead
- Gold Hill Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 4,733 ft
- Mahogany Ridge–Deep Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights 15 mi · ▲ 4,494 ft
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