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Bench Road–Cowley's Curse, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Bench Road–Cowley's Curse, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Pleasant Grove, UT. It climbs 700 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,007 – 5,233 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bonneville Shoreline Trail 40.37519, -111.71101
Nearest town Pleasant Grove, UT
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Bench Road–Cowley's Curse, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 5,005–5,233 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bonneville Shoreline Trail · 40.37519, -111.71101

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Bench Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fault Line, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Fault Line, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftBear right onto Viking Run, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Cowley's Curse, heading W.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Tufa, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Cowley's Curse, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miBear left onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading N.
  22. 150 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading N.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading W.
  24. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading N.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading N.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.2 miReach Cowley's Curse, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  35. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  39. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  40. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading S.
  42. 100 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading NE.
  43. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftBear left onto Molly's Trail, heading E.
  45. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  46. 200 ftTurn left onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  47. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading S.
  48. 200 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  49. 450 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading S.
  50. 0.2 miBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading S.
  51. 50 ftBear left onto Bench Road, heading S.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cowley's Curse, heading S.
  53. 0.2 miBear right onto Tufa, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftTurn left onto Cowley's Curse, heading SE.
  55. 150 ftBear left onto Viking Run, heading SE.
  56. 50 ftBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading SE.
  57. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  58. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  59. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fault Line, heading SE.
  60. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  61. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  62. 150 ftBear left onto Fault Line, heading SE.
  63. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  64. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  65. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
  66. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bench-road-cowleys-curse-out-back-3-sights-8-km-aff1

Trail surface

40% gravel37% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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