Person-defined routeTrack policy: Open

Deseret Hiking Route DHR

By Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries, 2019 · Utah, United States

Published length
1,609 km1,000 miabout 1,000 mi, per the creator
Measured track
Not measuredNo track was downloaded and measured
Track
Record onlyThe reason is given below
Track policy
OpenThe creator publishes the track freely

Record only

Get the track from the creator

The creator gives the maps and GPX free after proof of a day of manual trail maintenance, and states no licence that allows passing the track on. Get it from the guide page.

A track is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.

A Complete Guide to the Deseret Hiking Route

No map is drawn: the dataset holds no track for this route, and does not guess one.

The route

Creator
Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries
First published
2019
Track policy
OpenThe creator publishes the track freely

My goal with the DHR was not only to piece together a beautiful route, but one that I could responsibly share with others.

Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries The creator’s words

Read on http://www.lbhikes.com/2019/12/dhr.html.

  1. Track policy: OpenThe creator publishes the track freely. A track is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.This route
  2. Track policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
  3. Track policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a track. No track is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
  4. Track policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the track is not settled. No track is included until it is settled.

About the route

About 1,000 miles through Utah from the Arizona border to Alturas Lake Creek in Idaho, half on singletrack, much on dirt road, with cross-country and paved sections; it links the Arizona Trail and the Idaho Centennial Trail. The creator walked it in 2019.

The record

Kind
Person-defined routeWorked out and published by a person or a small group: a high route, a traverse or a loop of linked trails
Designation
Person-defined route (Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries, 2019); no agency or association
Tier
RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing
First setIn the first set of trails
Where
UT (Utah), United States
Published length
1,609 km1,000 miabout 1,000 mi, per the creator. A check value, not measured from the track.
Short name
DHR
Record ID
deseret-hiking-routeStable: the directory name, never changed

Source and licence

Source status
NoneNo source of a track
Publisher
Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries (publishes the route)
Main track
No OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found on 2026-11-10, and the materials are sent on a condition.How the main track is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Licence
None stated
Source checked
2026-11-10

What the source says

No track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (http://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html, read 2026-11-10).

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Note
No route relation found when searched on 2026-11-10.

Logo

No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.

Corrections

If you made this route

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Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

FieldValue
iddeseret-hiking-route
nameDeseret Hiking Route
short_nameDHR
countryUS
regions[0]UT
length_km1609
length_noteabout 1,000 mi, per the creator
kindroute
tierregional
designationPerson-defined route (Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries, 2019); no agency or association
wave1
source.statusnone
source.publisherKevin "LarryBoy" DeVries (publishes the route)
source.publisher_urlhttp://www.lbhikes.com/2019/12/dhr.html
source.urlhttp://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html
source.formatNo line included
source.crsEPSG:4326
source.licencenone-stated
source.licence_textNo track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the creator and the page its facts were read on (http://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html, read 2026-11-10).
source.attributionnone (no line included)
source.osm_onlyfalse
source.mainlineNo OpenStreetMap route relation for the route was found on 2026-11-10, and the materials are sent on a condition.
source.source_checked2026-11-10
source.redistributabletrue
source.line_sourcenone (no line included)
source.line_file""
source.line_absent_reasonThe creator gives the maps and GPX free after proof of a day of manual trail maintenance, and states no licence that allows passing the track on. Get it from the guide page.
osm.relation0
osm.noteNo route relation found when searched on 2026-11-10.
shield.statusno-logo-exists
shield.logo_source""
shield.contactKevin "LarryBoy" DeVries
shield.noteNo logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.
shield.logo_file""
shield.logo_ownerKevin "LarryBoy" DeVries
verification.verifiedfalse
verification.noteNo line to measure.
route.creatorKevin "LarryBoy" DeVries
route.year2019
route.line_policyopen
route.creator_wordsMy goal with the DHR was not only to piece together a beautiful route, but one that I could responsibly share with others.
route.creator_words_urlhttp://www.lbhikes.com/2019/12/dhr.html
route.noteAbout 1,000 miles through Utah from the Arizona border to Alturas Lake Creek in Idaho, half on singletrack, much on dirt road, with cross-country and paved sections; it links the Arizona Trail and the Idaho Centennial Trail. The creator walked it in 2019.
guide[0].titleA Complete Guide to the Deseret Hiking Route
guide[0].authorKevin "LarryBoy" DeVries
guide[0].accessfree
guide[0].urlhttp://www.lbhikes.com/p/a-complete-guide-to-deseret-hiking-route.html
guide[0].formatguide, maps, data book and GPX, sent after proof of a day of trail work