Ghost Creek Trail & Smith Ditch via Luna's Trail

5 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 2 hr

Ghost Creek Trail & Smith Ditch via Luna's Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Christmas City, UT. It climbs 663 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,207 – 5,883 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shooting Range Road 40.32069, -111.64039
Nearest town Christmas City, UT

Directions

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Ghost Creek Trail & Smith Ditch via Luna's Trail

5 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 5,206–5,883 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Shooting Range Road · 40.32069, -111.64039

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miSharp left onto Indian Road Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Smith Ditch, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ghost Creek Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Smith Ditch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Luna's Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Smith Ditch, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Road Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  20. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

72% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 8 min before dark.

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