D&RGW Rail Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 38 min
D&RGW Rail Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back near Kum-Li Meadows, UT. It is mostly level, with 0 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
7.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 4,214–4,232 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.96252, -111.90333
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 16 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading S.
- 3.1 miBear right onto Legacy Parkway Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 3.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmington Creek Trail via D&RGW Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Legacy Parkway Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 33 ft
- Legacy Parkway Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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