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Cracker Jack Trail–Crop Duster Trail, 9 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,470 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Cracker Jack Trail–Crop Duster Trail, 9 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Saratoga Resort, UT. It climbs 1,470 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,656 – 5,456 ft · steepest grade: 36%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West 6400 North 40.34757, -111.93943
Nearest town Saratoga Resort, UT
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Cracker Jack Trail–Crop Duster Trail, 9 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,470 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Elevation 4,655–5,456 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: West 6400 North · 40.34757, -111.93943

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

  1. Start on West 6400 North, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left onto Porters Crossing Road, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Shooting Gallery Cutoff Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto La Gringa Trail, heading NW.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Crop Duster Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jackrabbit Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crop Duster Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gunslinger Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Crop Duster Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto OHV-1, heading W.
  16. 450 ftBear right onto Space Dust Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Launch Pad Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Threadstone (Prayer Flags) Trail, heading NW.
  19. 100 ftTurn left onto Nirvana Trail, heading NW.
  20. 200 ftSharp right onto Supersonic Trail, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto OHV-5 Road, heading NW.
  22. 300 ftBear right onto Supersonic Trail, heading S.
  23. 250 ftContinue straight onto OHV-5 Road, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cracker Jack Trail, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto OHV-5 Road, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miReach West 6400 North, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cracker Jack Trail, heading N.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-5 Road, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Supersonic Trail, heading E.
  30. 250 ftBear left onto OHV-5 Road, heading E.
  31. 300 ftBear right onto Supersonic Trail, heading E.
  32. 50 ftSharp left onto Nirvana Trail, heading N.
  33. 200 ftTurn right onto Threadstone (Prayer Flags) Trail, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear right onto Launch Pad Trail, heading N.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left onto Space Dust Trail, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miBear left onto OHV-1, heading S.
  37. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  38. 50 ftTurn left onto Crop Duster Trail, heading SE.
  39. 0.3 miTurn left onto Gunslinger Trail, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crop Duster Trail, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jackrabbit Trail, heading N.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crop Duster Trail, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miTurn left onto La Gringa Trail, heading NE.
  44. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading NE.
  45. 50 ftBear left onto Shooting Gallery Cutoff Trail, heading NE.
  46. 50 ftTurn right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading NE.
  47. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  48. 0.2 miTurn left onto Porters Crossing Road, heading E.
  49. 150 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  50. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  51. 0.7 miBear right onto West 6400 North, heading N.
  52. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cracker-jack-trail-crop-duster-trail-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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