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Bench Road & Molly's Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Bench Road & Molly's Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Cedar Hills, UT. It climbs 370 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,004 – 5,233 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41492, -111.75223
Nearest town Cedar Hills, UT
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Bench Road & Molly's Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 5,003–5,233 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.41492, -111.75223

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 87 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miReach Bench Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bench-road-mollys-trail-out-back-6-km-8cb8

Trail surface

32% gravel13% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 87 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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