La Gringa Trail–Porters Crossing Road, 5 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 1 hr 37 min
La Gringa Trail–Porters Crossing Road, 5 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Eagle Mountain, UT. It climbs 840 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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La Gringa Trail–Porters Crossing Road, 5 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 4,820–5,457 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.33770, -111.97605
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto OHV-3 Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Roadrunner Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Acme Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wile E. Coyote Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Jackrabbit Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto OHV-2, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto La Gringa Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Shooting Gallery Cutoff Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Porters Crossing Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Roadrunner Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Shooting Gallery Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Shooting Gallery Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto La Gringa Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto OHV-2, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Jackrabbit Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Wile E. Coyote Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Acme Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Roadrunner Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto OHV-3 Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 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 (~26 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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