Cow Tracks Trail–Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, 4 sights
3 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Cow Tracks Trail–Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in The Ranches Parkway near Eagle Mountain, UT. It climbs 424 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cow Tracks Trail–Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, 4 sights
3 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 4,901–5,290 ft
Out & Back · The Ranches Parkway
Trailhead: 40.36015, -111.98562
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 60° · precip 1% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Transit-accessible: Sparrowhawk Way @ 7746 N stop 465 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Stairway to Heaven Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Town Road Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Stairway to Heaven Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Access Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Access Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Alchemy Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Down Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Rock-Around Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-Around Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Wave, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Rock-a-Billy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Cow Tracks Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Poon Panther Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cow Tracks Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ridgeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto The Alchemy Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Stairway to Heaven Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail - Lookout Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 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 1.3 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Sparrowhawk Way @ 7746 N stop 465 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section 1.9 mi · ▲ 321 ft
- Juniper Trail via Ridgeline Trail - Hidden Hollow Section 2.1 mi · ▲ 373 ft
- Pony Express Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Bugs Bunny Trail–Cow Tracks Trail, 7 sights 4 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Brass Monkey Trail–Britney Spears Trail, 7 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 445 ft
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