This is the Place Heritage Park
Alternate BST & Foothill Drive Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section
3.6 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Alternate BST & Foothill Drive Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in This is the Place Heritage Park near University Village, UT. It climbs 536 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Alternate BST & Foothill Drive Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section
3.6 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 4,761–5,242 ft
Out & Back · This is the Place Heritage Park
Trailhead: 40.75661, -111.83139
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Wakara Way / Komas Drive (EB) stop 59 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Foothill Drive Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Foothill Dr. Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Alternate BST, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Foothill Drive Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Foothill Dr. Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Foothill Drive Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Wakara Way / Komas Drive (EB) stop 59 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Skyline Trail East Viewpoint–Foothill Drive Trail, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft
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