Easy
Aspen Mirror Lake & Duck Creek Pond
The first ride, the evening ride, the one you do with kids
- Distance
- 6 mi loop
- Time
- 1 to 2 hours
- Climbing
- 350 ft up
Ritten
Eight Rides from Our Front Door
Family loops, rim overlooks, a lava tube and two remote full days, each mapped from the inn with mileage, elevation and a GPX file
These are the rides we send guests on, in the order we usually suggest them: start with the six-mile loop to Aspen Mirror Lake to learn the machine and the village routes, ride out to Strawberry Point when you want the big view, and work up to the full-day loops once you trust your fuel math. Every one leaves from our lot on designated routes, crosses SR-14 at least once, and never needs a mile of highway riding. Pick a chip to narrow the list, or open the full trail map to see them all at once.
Find your ride
Showing all 8 rides
Easy to intermediate
Strawberry Point Overlook
Thirteen miles to the edge of the plateau and the biggest view on the mountain
- Distance
- 13.2 mi out and back
- Time
- 2 to 3 hours
- Climbing
- 1,200 ft up
Intermediate
Strawberry Loop (Trail 5)
The official 12.5-mile loop, ridden from our door as a 23-mile day
- Distance
- 22.8 mi loop
- Time
- 3 to 4 hours
- Climbing
- 2,900 ft up
Easy to intermediate
Cascade Falls & the Virgin River Rim
Ride to the trailhead, walk to a waterfall pouring out of a cliff
- Distance
- 14.6 mi out and back
- Time
- 2 to 3 hours plus the hike
- Climbing
- 1,280 ft up
Intermediate
Henrie Knolls & Lava Flat
Up a cinder cone for the Pink Cliffs on the horizon
- Distance
- 22.4 mi out and back
- Time
- 3 to 4 hours
- Climbing
- 2,080 ft up
Intermediate
Mammoth Cave & the Tommy Creek Loop
A full day: the lava tube, Mammoth Springs, and the knoll in one 44-mile loop
- Distance
- 43.6 mi loop
- Time
- 5 to 7 hours
- Climbing
- 4,630 ft up
Intermediate to advanced
Harris Rim & Swains Creek
The remote loop: Pink Cliffs lookouts, Zion on the horizon, and almost nobody else
- Distance
- 36.6 mi loop
- Time
- 5 to 6 hours
- Climbing
- 4,150 ft up
Advanced
Stout Ridge to the Pink Cliffs
Eleven miles out a dead-end ridge to the top of the Pink Cliffs above US-89
- Distance
- 35.7 mi out and back
- Time
- 5 to 7 hours
- Climbing
- 4,790 ft up
No ride matches that filter yet. Try another chip, or open the full map and build your own.
How to use these rides
- Every ride starts and ends in our parking lot. The village roads are designated OHV routes (Forest Service spurs 52 and 59), so you ride from the door; there is plenty of room for trucks and trailers if you bring your own machine, and Duck Creek Adventures rents right across the street.
- Mileage, elevation and the route lines were traced from the official 2019 Forest Service Markagunt OHV System map and routed by computer, not ridden with a GPS. Treat them as plans. Carry the current Motor Vehicle Use Map; it is the legal document and it changes.
- Times assume about 10 miles an hour on the trail plus stops for photos, the cave, or the overlook. Add time for a rented machine you are still learning, and subtract nothing for the ride home; the afternoon always takes longer than the morning.
- Every ride crosses SR-14 at least once and none needs highway riding. Non-street-legal machines may only cross: stop, yield, cross at a right angle. Street-legal side-by-sides may ride SR-14 under Utah Code 41-6a-1509.
- The only fuel is in the village (Loose Wheels / Phillips 66 on Movie Ranch Road, daily 9 to 6). Fill up before any ride over 20 miles. From July into September, storms build over the plateau by early afternoon, so start early on the rim rides.
Permits, helmets, the education card and the highway law are on our rules and safety page; the four rental shops, what they rent and what to pack are on rentals and tips; the seven official loops, spur by spur, are on the trail system page.
September 2026
Why trust these ride plans
We ride these routes and send guests out on them all season. Route lines, mileage and elevation were traced from the official 2019 Forest Service Markagunt OHV System map and routed by computer; loop and spur names come from the Forest Service; the highway rule from Utah Code. Closure orders change through the season, so carry the current MVUM and ask at the desk before a long day.
Stay Where the Rides Start
Rooms and cabins at Duck Creek Village Inn, trailer parking in our lot, rentals across the street, and the trail a few minutes from the door.