Haycock Creek Trail

Haycock Creek Trail (Forest Service Trail #32006) starts at a 9,400-foot trailhead in Horse Valley, reached from Panguitch Lake's North Shore Road onto Horse Valley Road. It climbs through a small drainage of mixed conifer and aspen, crosses over a hill into Left Fork Haycock Creek, and follows that grassy, riparian drainage down to an old administration site in Little Valley.

What's distinctive

• Passes through some of the best elk habitat on the Cedar City Ranger District — good odds of wildlife sign even outside hunting season
• Mix of drainage bottomland and open hillside rather than a single consistent terrain type
• High trailhead elevation means snow can linger into early summer

This is Dixie National Forest land, managed under standard Forest Service rules rather than Bryce Canyon National Park rules — dogs are generally fine and dispersed camping nearby is common. Afternoon thunderstorms are a real consideration on this exposed plateau country in summer, so an early start is worth planning around.