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Utah
Butterfly Lake
1.2 mi
Distance
14 ft
Gain
26 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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Butterfly Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 14 ft
- Highest point
- 10,355 ft
- Lowest point
- 10,325 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- yes
About this trail
Butterfly Lake is a short out-and-back trail in Utah managed by the Forest Service. The trail is 1.21 miles round trip with 67 feet of elevation gain.
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