Little Deer Creek Trail via Little Deer Creek Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Charleston, UT. It climbs 3,854 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,591 – 7,317 ft · steepest grade: 27%15.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.46059, -111.53794
Nearest town Charleston, UT
Directions
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Little Deer Creek Trail via Little Deer Creek Road
15.1 mi · ▲ 3,854 ft · 6 hr 58 min
Elevation 5,591–7,316 ft
Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 40.46059, -111.53794
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Little Deer Creek Road, heading S.
- 2.8 miSharp left onto Little Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 2.4 miReach Little Deer Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miSharp right onto Little Deer Creek Road, heading NE.
- 2.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
32% dirt68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Decker Spring Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft
- Cascade Summit Trail 7 mi · ▲ 612 ft
- Little Deer Creek Road 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,818 ft
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