Pittsburg Lake–Miller Hill Road, 3 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route reaches Pittsburg Lake at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 2,102 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,589 – 9,430 ft · steepest grade: 41%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52612, -111.60769
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Pittsburg Lake–Miller Hill Road, 3 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 2,102 ft · 3 hr 27 min
Elevation 7,588–9,431 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.52612, -111.60769
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Miller Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mineral Basin Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Road, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Pittsburg Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miReach Pittsburg Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Pittsburg Lake Trailhead Road, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Mineral Basin Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pacific Mine Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Miller Hill Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mary Ellen Gulch Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 250 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
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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