Utah trails · Wildcat Trail
Wildcat Trail
A 30.6-mile point-to-point in Utah, with 1,834 ft of climbing. Reaches Green Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 10.2. It gives back about 6,126 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Green Lake (lake)
- Dog Flat (lake)
- Pear Lake (lake)
- Beaver Dam Reservoir (lake)
- Left Hand Reservoir (lake)
- Lava Lake (lake)
- Lower Donkey Reservoir (lake)
- Blind Lake (lake)
- Lone Pine Flat (lake)
- Lost Lake (lake)
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Getting there
Wildcat Trail access — parking nearby. About 1 h 54 min drive (81 mi) from Richfield. 38.11051, -111.33395 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:06 a.m., the sun rises at 7:32 a.m. and sets at 6:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:15 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 16 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 30.6-mile route works out to roughly 12 h 16 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Great Western Ohv Alternate + Wildcat Trail + Wildcat — 15.6 mi loop, 2,811 ft gain
- Wildcat + Wildcat Trail — 15.3 mi loop, 4,421 ft gain
- Wildcat + Wildcat Trail — 2.6 mi loop, 1,163 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Wildcat — 10.5 mi
- Navajo Knobs — 13.2 mi
- Elkhorn-Deep Creek — 24.1 mi