D&RGW Rail Trail Loop
7.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 30 min
D&RGW Rail Trail Loop is a 7.4-mile loop near Oakridge Country Club Estates, UT. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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D&RGW Rail Trail Loop
7.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 4,215–4,286 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.97399, -111.93514
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 66° · precip 1% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Haight Creek Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Haight Creek Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail Loop 6.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail Loop 7.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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