Mahogany Ridge–Deep Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights
15 mi · ▲ 4,494 ft · 7 hr 15 min
Mahogany Ridge–Deep Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights is a 15-mile loop near Porterville, UT. The route reaches Mahogany Ridge. It climbs 4,494 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mahogany Ridge–Deep Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights
15 mi · ▲ 4,494 ft · 7 hr 15 min
Elevation 5,734–8,379 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.97152, -111.71916
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 1% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Deep Creek Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Mahogany Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miBear left onto Farmington Flat Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Gold Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass Mahogany Ridge.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miThe loop closes 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 6.6 mi in (~242 min). Leave by 3:34 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Gold Hill Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 4,733 ft
- Chicken Creek Loop Road–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights 16 mi · ▲ 4,279 ft
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