North Dry Creek Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 6,496 ft · 8 hr 29 min
North Dry Creek Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 6,496 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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North Dry Creek Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 6,496 ft · 8 hr 29 min
Elevation 5,974–9,637 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.49147, -111.65700
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 5.9 miTurn right onto North Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto North Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach North Dry Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear left onto North Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto North Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftArrive 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 7.6 mi in (~269 min). Leave by 3:07 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 12:55 AM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Silver Lake–Silver Glance Lake, 6 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 3,237 ft
- Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 4,089 ft
- Rock Spring–Tibble Fork Reservoir, 9 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 4,003 ft
- Box Elder Trail & White Canyon Trail via Deer Creek-Dry Creek Trail 15.2 mi · ▲ 6,136 ft
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