About Red Reef Trail
Trail Description - Trail Distance: 5.74 miles (one way) - Approximate Elevation Gain/Loss: 600 feet From the Red Reef Trailhead - The Red Reef Trail follows the Quail Creek drainage as it enters the [Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness](https://www.blm.gov/visit/cottonwood-canyon-wilderness) and then passes into the Cottonwood Forest Wilderness of the Dixie National Forest. Ten of thousands of visitors hike this first 0.6-mile section of trail each spring when snowmelt from the Pine Valley Mountains creates short cascades of water that pools in slickrock bowls of the beautiful red Navajo Sandstone. - To continue beyond this popular destination, hikers must use a series of small toe holds carved into the sandstone to ascend this first obstacle. After 0.4 miles the route will leave the Quail Creek drainage and enter a side canyon on the left. From the Cottonwood Trailhead - Hikers will begin on…
- Fees: Day Use Fees - $5 per vehicle. Cash or check only. - The [America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands…
- Managed by: BLM
- Where: 5 mi northwest of Hurricane, UT · 37.18928, -113.42623
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Mar–May & Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec.
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From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is faint and only shows overhead.
Class 5 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Snow Canyon State Park (Urban Night Sky Place), 14 mi.
Dump station: 2.1 mi
Water fill-up: 4.5 mi
Propane: 1.8 mi
Camps nearby
- Quail Creek Campground 1.6 mi
- High Grade Trail 1.9 mi
- Adams Trail 2 mi
- Prospector Trail 2 mi
- Dispersed Camping 2.1 mi
- St. George/Hurricane KOA 2.1 mi