D&RGW Rail Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 44 min
D&RGW Rail Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Misty Meadows, UT. It is mostly level, with 55 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
2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 44 min
Elevation 4,220–4,286 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.99549, -111.94088
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Haight Creek Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Haight Creek Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 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
- Haight Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 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
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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