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Alternate BST–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Dry Creek Section, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Arlington Park, UT. It climbs 1,205 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,023 – 5,584 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lime Kiln Trail 40.78160, -111.84299
Nearest town Arlington Park, UT

Directions

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Alternate BST–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Dry Creek Section, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,205 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 5,024–5,585 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lime Kiln Trail · 40.78160, -111.84299

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start on Lime Kiln Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Dry Creek Section, heading NE.
  5. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Popperton - BST Access Trail, heading SW.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Van Cott Section, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Alternate BST, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 350 ftReach Lime Kiln Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Van Cott Section, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Popperton - BST Access Trail, heading N.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Dry Creek Section, heading N.
  17. 1.3 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, heading N.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Lime Kiln Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% dirt1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:21 PM.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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