D&RGW Rail Trail & Haight Creek Trail
13.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 40 min
D&RGW Rail Trail & Haight Creek Trail is a 13.9-mile out-and-back near Misty Meadows, 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 & Haight Creek Trail
13.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 40 min
Elevation 4,214–4,270 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Haight Creek Trail · 40.99455, -111.93957
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Haight Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading E.
- 2.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 3.7 miTurn right onto Onion Parkway Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Haight Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Onion Parkway Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading S.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 2.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Haight Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 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 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 Haight Creek Trail Trailhead
- Haight Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Pond & Haight Creek Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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