Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
10 mi · ▲ 3,940 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 3,940 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
10 mi · ▲ 3,940 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Elevation 6,954–9,637 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail · 40.49397, -111.65813
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 75°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 5 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 3.2 mi in (~159 min). Leave by 4:56 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail Trailhead
- American Fork Canyon via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 1 mi · ▲ 298 ft
- Box Elder Peak Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 12 mi · ▲ 6,357 ft
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