Site 24
Campground
Campground · < 0.1 mi from the trail
Utah · Hiking · Near Enoch
Spruces Trail
- 1.0 mi
- round trip
- 306 ft
- climb
- 9,439 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Spruces Trail open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Dixie National Forest.
Duck Creek OHV Trail Closure
Agency alert covering Dixie National Forest · Order 0407-26-11 · USFS · Dixie National Forest
Pine Valley Ranger District Area and Trail and Road Closure
Agency alert covering Dixie National Forest · Order 0407-26-01 · USFS · Dixie National Forest
Cedar City Temporary Road Closure Webster Flat Road (Order 0407-25-02)
Agency alert covering Dixie National Forest · Order 0407-25-02 · USFS · Dixie National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Dixie National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Spruces Trail is a short, easy hike in the Cedar City Ranger District of Dixie National Forest in Utah, about 1.6 miles from Navajo Lake Lodge. The trail is an out-and-back, about a mile long, with a one-way climb of 306 feet from a low point of 9,115 feet to a high of 9,439 feet. It's a Forest Service route with a natural surface, and bikes are allowed. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the Brian Head weather station, about 13 miles away, run to highs near 71°F in July with lows around 42°F, while winter highs stay near freezing. Spruces Campground sits just 0.1 mile away, and Navajo Lake Campground is about 0.8 mile off. The Virgin River Rim Trail - Cascade Falls to Te-Ah Campground and the Dike Trail, both mountain biking routes, are within a mile.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Milts Stage Stop
Restaurant
On your way back · 15 mi- If it rains
State park and museum in the United States
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors
More in EnochLocal outfitters
- Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort18 mi away
- Thunderbird Resort21 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Spruces CampgroundCamping0.1 mi
Virgin River Rim Trail - Cascade Falls to Te-Ah CampgroundMountain bikingPhoto: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.5 mi- Dike TrailMountain bikingPhoto: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.7 mi
Navajo TrailMountain bikingPhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.8 mi- Navajo Lake CampgroundCamping0.8 mi
TE-AHCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain2.3 mi- Navajo LakeLake fishing2.4 mi
- Cedar City Ranger DistrictLake fishing7.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Dike TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Navajo Lake LoopHiking · ~2 min drive
- Virgin River Rim Trail - Strawberry Point to Cascade FallsHiking · ~3 min drive
- Marathon TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
Navajo TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Navajo Lake LoopHiking · ~4 min drive
- Lost Hunter TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
- Navajo Lake Loop ConnectorHiking · ~3 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- LARS FORK LOOPHiking · ~8 min drive
- DUCK CREEK RIDGEHiking · ~11 min drive
Best time to visit Spruces Trail
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 10°
Feb
32° / 12°
Mar
39° / 17°
Apr
44° / 18°
May
55° / 27°
Jun
67° / 36°
Jul
71° / 42°
Aug
68° / 43°
Sep
61° / 35°
Oct
48° / 24°
Nov
38° / 17°
Dec
28° / 10°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Brian Head, UT, 12.8 mi away at 9,770 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
