Mill Creek Meadows Trail & Wasatch Crest Trail is a 15-mile out-and-back near Brighton, UT. It climbs 2,808 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi8,557 – 9,905 ft · steepest grade: 26%15.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wasatch Crest Connect Trailhead 40.61405, -111.57064
Nearest town Brighton, UT
Directions
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Mill Creek Meadows Trail & Wasatch Crest Trail
15 mi · ▲ 2,808 ft · 6 hr 24 min
Elevation 8,556–9,905 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wasatch Crest Connect Trailhead · 40.61405, -111.57064
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wasatch Crest Connect, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 4.6 miContinue straight onto Desolation Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Mill Creek Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Great Western Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Wasatch Crest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mill Creek Meadows Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Desolation Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wasatch Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 4.6 miTurn right onto Wasatch Crest Connect, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wasatch Crest Connect Trailhead Trailhead
- Wasatch Crest Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 663 ft
- Mill F East Fork Viewpoint–Mill F East Fork Trail, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 851 ft
- Old Stage Crest Connect & Scottish Chief Mine Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 663 ft
- Guardsman Pass & Scott's Bypass 2.6 mi · ▲ 796 ft
- Mill F East Fork Trail–Old Stage Crest Connect, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 1,073 ft
- Scott Hill via Wasatch Crest Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 929 ft
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