project underway to address deficiencies and need. Many of these projects are also addressed in this report.

4.2.4.5Destinations

Destinations worthy of a trail and/or trailhead abound in Duchesne County. Some of the most popular destinations in the county are listed in the previous section where informal trailheads have been identified. In addition to these locations, there are many high mountain lakes in the Ashley National Forest. In the Southern half of the county, locations in the surrounding counties including Sand Wash in Uintah County and Nine Mile Canyon in Carbon County are destinations that people often want to reach. In the middle of the county there are resorts, cemeteries, and fishing locations like Big Sand Wash that users may prefer to reach by trails. Maps created in association with this report show many of the popular trails and routes that could receive additional improvements such as route improvements, signage, trailheads, kiosks as outlined in the project profiles.

4.3Policy and Community Atmosphere Existing Conditions

4.3.1General Plans Trails/Bike/Pedestrian

Duchesne County and the communities within Duchesne County have not planned for trails and alternative transportation routes until the last few years. This plan is being completed at least in part to support some of those efforts to focus more on trails and routes in Duchesne County. Despite focus being turned to trails and routes, existing general plans, code and ordinances currently do very little to reflect this recent focus. A general summary of the general plans/code/ordinances of individual entities are as follows.

Suggestions concerning trails and routes land use, code and ordinances are included in Section 6.2.1.

4.3.1.1Roosevelt City

Roosevelt City is currently in the process of revising their city master plan. The Roosevelt City Masterplan includes a parks and recreation master plan that addresses trails in Roosevelt City. As a part of the plan, surveys were distributed to the residents of Roosevelt wherein questions were asked about trails. 57.8% of those surveyed expressed interest in improving trails or walking paths. When asked what types of trails the city needed, participants responded mainly for multi-use hard surface trails and biking trails (See the Roosevelt City Master Plan for more details) The plan recommends over 50 miles of trails throughout and around Roosevelt City including:

  • Highway 40 Sidewalk Extensions – Phases 2, 3 and 4
  • 200 N/Cove Road Sidewalk/Bike Lane (State Street to 3000 W)
  • 3000 W Sidewalk/Bike Lane (200 N to Annex. Boundary)
  • North Cove Road Sidewalk/Bike Lane (Cottonwood Creek Trail to 3000 W)
  • Blue Bell Sidewalk/Bike Lane (3000 W to Annex. Boundary)
  • 500 E Sidewalk (Lagoon Street to 800 S)
  • State Street Sidewalk – West Side (200 S to 800 S)
  • State Street Sidewalk – East Side (100 N to Cottonwood Creek)
  • State Street Sidewalk/Bike Lane (Cottonwood Creek to Annex. Boundary)
  • State Street Sidewalk/Bike Lane (Dry Gulch to Annex. Boundary)
  • Hillcrest Drive Sidewalk (Neola Hwy to Cottonwood Creek)