Horsetail Falls via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route reaches Horsetail Falls at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 5,448 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,670 – 9,636 ft · steepest grade: 34%14.2 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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Horsetail Falls via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
13.7 mi · ▲ 5,448 ft · 7 hr 17 min
Elevation 6,669–9,637 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Horse Transfer Station Road · 40.48844, -111.64988
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 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.
- 6.1 miTurn right onto North Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto North Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftReach Horsetail Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto North Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 6.2 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
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~239 min). Leave by 3:34 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:26 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
- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 11 mi · ▲ 4,216 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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