Fishlake National Forest · Utah

South Fork of City Creek

3.3 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 171 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike · seasonal: hiking 07/01-09/30

Trailhead CITY CREEK TRAILHEAD Drive there

CITY CREEK TRAILHEAD the Forest Service's write-up

season May to

Trailhead #071. This horse and foot trail heads northwest out of City Creek Campground for approximately three miles where it will intersect trail #225 which is the Skyline Trail. If you head south on #225 you will reach Big Flat. If you head north you will reach the #219 Lake Stream Trailhead.

Restrictions Trails are horse and foot trails only. All wheeled vehicle travel is prohibited.

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.