D&RGW Rail Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min
D&RGW Rail Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Applewood Estates, UT. It is mostly level, with 27 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
2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min
Elevation 4,218–4,265 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.92165, -111.89036
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 71° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Onion Parkway Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Onion Parkway Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto D&RGW Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:27 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Onion Parkway Trail 3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bountiful Lake via Legacy Parkway Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Legacy Parkway Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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