AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bench Road

3 mi · ▲ 545 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Bench Road is a 3-mile out-and-back near Cedar Hills, UT. It climbs 545 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,099 – 5,256 ft · steepest grade: 27%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41685, -111.74962
Nearest town Cedar Hills, UT
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Bench Road

3 mi · ▲ 545 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 5,098–5,257 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.41685, -111.74962

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

Transit-accessible: stop 272 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  13. 500 ftTurn left onto Bench Road, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  22. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 150 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-out-back-5-km-6ac9

Trail surface

18% gravel7% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 272 m from the trailhead

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