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Battle Creek Falls & Battle Creek Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Lindon, UT. The route reaches Battle Creek Falls at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,943 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,624 – 7,569 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Dry Canyon Trailhead 40.38598, -111.68185
Nearest town Lindon, UT

Directions

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Battle Creek Falls & Battle Creek Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,943 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 5,625–7,568 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Upper Dry Canyon Trailhead · 40.38598, -111.68185

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 70°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 18 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dry Canyon Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Battle Creek Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.9 miReach Battle Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.9 miTurn left onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 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

100% dirt

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 70°F53°
Precip1%Wind18 mphUV7Humidity26%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
70°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 69°53°
Sun 66°49° 52%
Mon 59°45° 56%
Tue 69°47°
Wed 76°54°
Thu 73°53° 23%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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