Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 4,929 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 4,929 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail & North Mountain Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 4,929 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Elevation 6,737–9,637 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Granite Flat Campground Loop A Road · 40.48977, -111.65448
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 6.1 miBear left onto North Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 6.2 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.9 mi in (~230 min). Leave by 3:46 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Granite Flat Campground Loop A Road Trailhead
- Tibble Fork Reservoir & Granite Flat Connector Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Silver Lake Flat via Silver Flat Connector Trail 2 mi · ▲ 773 ft
- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 7 mi · ▲ 2,875 ft
- Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 6,441 ft
- North Mountain Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 12.6 mi · ▲ 4,950 ft
- Horsetail Falls & Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 13.2 mi · ▲ 5,371 ft
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