Running trails in Cedar City, UT

How to pick a trail in Cedar City

• Match the surface to your legs. Cedar City gives you a choice: 3 paved, 3 mixed, 1 crushed gravel, and 1 natural surface. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More paved trails →
• Loop or out-and-back? 2 trails here are loops, so you finish back at the car with no backtracking — the easiest way to run a set distance without thinking about it. On an out-and-back you turn round at half your target distance, which makes any trail fit any run. The longest stated distance in Cedar City is Pyramid Ridge Trailhead at 30 mi. 4 trails are long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
• Check the hours before a 6am run. 9 trails in Cedar City are open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 14 of the 19 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm. 2 are lit, which is what you want for winter evenings.
• Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 9 have trailhead parking, 8 have restrooms, and 3 have a water fountain in Cedar City. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
• The small things that decide it. 2 shaded, 1 with mile markers, 2 that runners describe as quiet, 1 dog-friendly, and 4 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.

More on all of this in the trail-running guides.

Browse Cedar City trails by type

• Paved trails (3 in Cedar City)
• Mixed trails (3 in Cedar City)
• Crushed gravel trails (1 in Cedar City)
• Natural surface trails (1 in Cedar City)
• Loop trails (2 in Cedar City)
• Long-run trails (5+ mi) (4 in Cedar City)
• Shaded trails (2 in Cedar City)
• Lit for early & night runs (2 in Cedar City)
• Flat & fast (2 in Cedar City)
• Hilly trails (4 in Cedar City)
• Scenic trails (11 in Cedar City)
• Trails with restrooms (8 in Cedar City)
• Trails with water fountains (3 in Cedar City)
• Trailhead parking (9 in Cedar City)
• Trails with mile markers (1 in Cedar City)
• Quiet, uncrowded trails (2 in Cedar City)
• Dog-friendly (1 in Cedar City)
• Stroller & wheelchair-accessible (4 in Cedar City)

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