Phosphate Hill–Cottontail Loop, 6 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,165 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Phosphate Hill–Cottontail Loop, 6 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Interlaken, UT. The route reaches Phosphate Hill at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,165 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Phosphate Hill–Cottontail Loop, 6 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,165 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 5,766–6,924 ft
Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Dutch Hollow Trailhead · 40.54509, -111.45313
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 57° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cottontail Loop, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Golpher Flats, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Throw Back, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Sage, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Donkey Ridge, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Dutchman Way, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fenceline, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Donkey Ridge, heading W.
- 1 miBear right onto The Face, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Prospect, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Phosphate Hill, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Prospect, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Phosphate Hill, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Phosphate Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Prospect, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Phosphate Hill, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Prospect, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto The Face, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Donkey Ridge, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Fenceline, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dutchman Way, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Donkey Ridge, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sage, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Throw Back, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Golpher Flats, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cottontail Loop, heading SW.
- 50 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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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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