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Jordanelle State Park

Big Dipper–Family Truckster Trail, 5 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 949 ft · 2 hr 50 min

Big Dipper–Family Truckster Trail, 5 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Jordanelle State Park near Hideout, UT. It climbs 949 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,273 – 6,979 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wada Way 40.65442, -111.41402
Nearest town Hideout, UT
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Big Dipper–Family Truckster Trail, 5 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 949 ft · 2 hr 50 min

Elevation 6,274–6,978 ft

Out & Back · Jordanelle State Park

Trailhead: Wada Way · 40.65442, -111.41402

Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 79°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 400 ftContinue straight onto Longview, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ross Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Oh Deer Flow, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Tricky Loki, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Oh Deer Flow, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tricky Loki, heading W.
  8. 500 ftSharp left onto Jordanelle Parkway, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right onto Two Rocks, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Milky Way, heading W.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Big Dipper, heading S.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading S.
  16. 1.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Family Truckster Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftReach Milky Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.9 miBear right onto Milky Way, heading N.
  20. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Milky Way, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milky Way, heading SW.
  24. 300 ftBear left onto Skyridge Peak Trail, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Two Rocks, heading SW.
  26. 0.3 miSharp left onto Jordanelle Parkway, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tricky Loki, heading N.
  28. 500 ftContinue straight onto Oh Deer Flow, heading E.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Tricky Loki, heading E.
  30. 0.1 miBear right onto Oh Deer Flow, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftSharp right onto Sven, heading SW.
  32. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Longview, heading NE.
  33. 0.3 miArrive 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/big-dipper-family-truckster-trail-out-back-5-sights-11-km

Trail surface

87% dirt11% paved2% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 79°F54°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity32%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sun 74°52° 45%
Mon 70°48° 46%
Tue 79°47°
Wed 83°53°
Thu 76°57° 20%
Fri 82°55° 20%

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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