Bench Road
2.8 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Bench Road is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Cedar Hills, UT. It climbs 428 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bench Road
2.8 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 5,098–5,257 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.41554, -111.75010
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 200 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Bench Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 200 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bench Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 452 ft
- Bench Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- Bench Road 3 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Bench Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 428 ft
- Bench Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Bench Road & Molly's Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 370 ft
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