The Milt’s Mile trail in Washington County is a nice short trail to check out sand mountain – near Sand Hollow State Park. The loop takes you 3.7 miles from Sand Hollow Reservoir and back. This trail takes you past multiple interesting sites and lookouts. There are lots of offshoots from the main Top of the World trail so its a good idea to use GPS while you’re out there. All in all, this is a great area to ride around and explore.
The terrain is mostly comprised of sand and rocky trails.
This trail provides great opportunities to stop, get out, and take in the views.
You can also find just about every amenity you need in town including gas, lodging, and food in Washington.
GAIA
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- Directions From the North
- Directions from the South
- Facilities: Lodging, restaurants, fuel and groceries are available in the town of Washington.
- OHVs: Mostly OHV trail-style riding.
- Terrain: Mostly sand trails - some rocky areas. Mostly OHV trail-style riding.
- Signage: signs at most intersections noting distance to landmarks and direction of travel.
- KML File for Google Maps
- GPX File for your Garmin GPS or other Apps
- Emergencies: St. George Regional Hospital River Road Emergency Department - 1380 E Medical Center Dr, St George, UT.
- Washington Police Department: Dial 9-1-1 for emergencies or Non-Emergency Dispatch: 435-986-1515. We highly recommend you purchase a Utah Search and Rescue Assistant Card (USARA) learn more: https://secure.utah.gov/rescue/
Here is the 360 view at the trailhead. Feel free to tour around a bit inside Google Street Views. We have recorded the trail in 360 and it is now part of Google Street Views so you can take a virtual tour of the trail to see if it is for you. We’ve made it a bit easier to navigate, scroll down and you will see more 360 embedded tours as we encounter intersections, trail markers or interesting places along the trail.
On any image, you can click the ‘X’ in the upper right corner and the view will change to an overview map showing the Google Street View blue lines. You can click anywhere on that blue line and drop down to the 360 ground-level views at that point.
You can move the image 360 degrees, click the arrow to move further down the trail and zoom in and out to take a closer look. Clicking the box in the upper right-hand corner will enlarge to full screen for a better view.
