Buffalo Ranch Trail & Haight Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Buffalo Ranch Trail & Haight Creek Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Misty Meadows, UT. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buffalo Ranch Trail & Haight Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 4,215–4,263 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Haight Creek Trail · 40.99455, -111.93957
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Haight Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right onto Buffalo Ranch Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftReach Haight Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Haight Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Haight Creek Trail Trailhead
- Haight Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- D&RGW Rail Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Great Salt Lake Shoreline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Buffalo Ranch Pond & Haight Creek Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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