Gambel Oak Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 5 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Gambel Oak Trail–Lost Prospector Access, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 1,340 ft, with sections as steep as 34% 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, 5 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 6,708–7,545 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Boot Hill · 40.66188, -111.50716
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 77°F / low 57° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: Kearns Boulevard & Park City Cemetery stop 100 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Park City Parkway, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Lost Prospector Access, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto SOS, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Lost Prospector, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gambel Oak North, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Lost Prospector, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Masonic, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Gambel Oak Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Solamere Connector, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Park City Parkway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Gambel Oak Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Masonic, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lost Prospector, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Gambel Oak North, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Lost Prospector, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto SOS, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Lost Prospector Access, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Union Pacific Rail Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Park City Parkway, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 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: Kearns Boulevard & Park City Cemetery stop 100 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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