Gambel Oak Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Gambel Oak Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 840 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gambel Oak Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 6,708–7,545 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Park City Parkway · 40.66821, -111.49195
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 78°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Prospector Avenue & Poison Creek Lane stop 676 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Park City Parkway, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Lost Prospector Access, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto SOS, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Lost Prospector, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gambel Oak North, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Lost Prospector, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Masonic, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Gambel Oak Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Park City Parkway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Masonic, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lost Prospector, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Gambel Oak North, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lost Prospector, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto SOS, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Lost Prospector Access, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Park City Parkway, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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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- Transit-accessible: Prospector Avenue & Poison Creek Lane stop 676 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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