Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 4,216 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,670 – 9,636 ft · steepest grade: 27%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Horse Transfer Station Road 40.48844, -111.64988
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
11 mi · ▲ 4,216 ft · 5 hr 46 min
Elevation 6,669–9,637 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Horse Transfer Station Road · 40.48844, -111.64988
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horse Transfer Station Road, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 5.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 5.2 miBear left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Horse Transfer Station Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 76°F53°
Precip1%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity28%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
76°54°
Sun
70°52°
56%
Mon
62°48°
60%
Tue
72°50°
Wed
79°57°
Thu
76°56°
26%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~180 min). Leave by 4:36 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Horse Transfer Station Road Trailhead
- Tibble Fork Reservoir–Granite Flat Connector Trail, 7 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,933 ft
- Horsetail Falls via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 13.7 mi · ▲ 5,448 ft
- Mud Spring–Tibble Fork Reservoir, 8 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 3,625 ft
- Twin Peaks (east)–Hidden Peak, 10 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 5,924 ft
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