Utah trails · Dry Gulch
Dry Gulch
A 23.7-mile point-to-point in Utah, with 1,642 ft of climbing. Reaches Crystal Creek Spring and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 56% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 7.9. It gives back about 2,763 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Crystal Creek Spring (spring)
- Lower Burnt Mill Spring Reservoir (lake)
- Limekiln Spring (spring)
- Mud Spring Reservoir Number 1 (lake)
- Dry Gulch Spring Number 5 (spring)
- McKune Lake (lake)
Getting there
YELLOWSTONE ATV TRAILHEAD — parking nearby, restroom. 40.52465, -110.35630 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:19 a.m., the sun rises at 6:47 a.m. and sets at 7:55 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:23 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 08 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 23.7-mile route takes roughly 9 h 35 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:22 p.m. — 3 h 32 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Chain Lakes-Atwood — 13.5 mi
- West Fork Whiterocks — 21.0 mi
- Head Of Rock Creek — 22.6 mi
- Hades-Rocky Sea Pass — 24.9 mi