Fishlake National Forest · Utah

Great Western Trail

26 mi of trail, end to end · trail No. 35001 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Trailhead FISH CREEK TRAILHEAD Drive there

Niotche Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season May to November

Niotche Creek Trailhead is located along the Great Western Trail at an elevation of over 8,900 feet. Facilities include a gravel parking lot, corrals, hitching rail, information kiosk, and a vault restroom. Popular activities include horseback riding, hiking, hunting, wildlife viewing, and 50" ATV riding on designated routes. Please pack-out what you pack-in. .

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.