Deuel Creek Trail

The Trail

This moderate trail is roughly 4.5 miles round trip with about an 1335 foot elevation change if you stop where we did. The trail does go further though. We started at the North Deuel Creek Trailhead, went up the canyon along its north side, then came back down on the south side to the South Deuel Creek Trailhead. The dirt roads by the actual trail heads are very rough and the north one doesn't have good parking there, so it is better to park along the street below and walk up the road to the trail heads. The maps and elevation graph below reflect this route starting from 100 South and hiking the north side of the canyon first, then going down the south side.

Topographical Map (blue flag = rope swing)

Graph of Elevation

Trail in Google Earth

 

The trail starts out from the north trailhead going the hillside pretty steeply. After awhile though, the steepness tappers off some. The trail along here though is quite rocky and narrow in some spots.

Looking back on the north trail at a
narrow rocky section

About 0.8 mile up the trail hikers can either continue going east up the canyon or turn back west along the south side of the trail.

Campfire area along the north trail
just before the split

We went up the canyon a ways, as shown in the trail maps above. I am not sure exactly how far this trail continues up the canyon though since I have never continued to wherever this trail stops. This section of the trail is my favorite though. The temperatures are cooler here as the trail follows the babbling creek, crossing it on little log bridges at times. The trees make it quite shady too.

Thimble Berry in Flower

A mile and a half from the north trailhead there is a fun rope swing. If you start at the south trailhead, the rope swing is 1.7 miles up from the trailhead. Just above the trail to the north by the rope swing, a rock juts out a bit, and this is a popular place to jump off with the swing.

Rope Swing

Shortly after the swing (about another tenth a mile) there is a nice large campsite. Somewhere soon after that there is supposed to be another waterfall, but we didn't find it. We probably needed to go a bit further, but we were out of time.

When heading back, we took the trail on the south side of the canyon, which stays by the stream and passes by a small waterfall. If you just want to hike to the point of the waterfall, it is about 0.9 mile from where we started up the road, or about 0.4 mile from the south trailhead.

After reaching the south trailhead, we continued back to our car by way of connecting hiking trails. This is shorter than following the main roads. The trail heading down from the parking lot by the south trailhead is on the northwest side of the lot. From here, keep heading back toward 100 S.

Follow the arrow pointing left here

This trail is open to dogs. If you bring children with you, just be aware there are a couple spots where the trail is very narrow and the drop offs are steep and slippery.
 

 
Directions

This trail is located in Davis County in Centerville. From I-15, take Exit 319 for Centerville. Turn east onto 400 North/Parrish Ln. Continue to 400 East and turn right. Then turn left onto 100 South and go to the end of the street. Unless you have an all-terrain vehicle, you will probably want to walk from here up 850 East. There are no trail markings here, nor are there any trail markings until you actually reach the trail heads.

At the top of this narrow paved road, everything turns to dirt roads. You will see fences and private property signs along these roads. To get to North Deuel Creek Trailhead, turn left and walk until you find the trail head, which is at about N40 55.043 W111 51.824. To get to South Deuel Creek Trailhead, turn right where the road splits and continue until the road splits again. Turn left at the second split and continue to the south trailhead, which is at about N40 54.940 W111 51.676.