Turtle Hill Viewpoint–Bugs Bunny Trail, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,156 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Turtle Hill Viewpoint–Bugs Bunny Trail, 8 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mountain Ranch Bike Park near Clinton, UT. The route reaches Turtle Hill Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,156 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Turtle Hill Viewpoint–Bugs Bunny Trail, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,156 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 4,837–5,479 ft
Out & Back · Mountain Ranch Bike Park
Trailhead: Nolan Park Trail · 40.35919, -111.98020
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 87°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: Sparrowhawk Way @ 7746 N stop 65 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Nolan Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto 110 Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Juniper Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 110 Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto 3 Jump Line, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 110 Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto 220 Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto 110 Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 220 Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Juniper Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto 220, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 220 Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto 220 Trail Drop Start, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 220 Connector Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ridgeline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rockwell Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Big Thunder Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Rocky Balboa Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Poon Panther Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Rock-Around Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Cow Tracks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Bugs Bunny Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-2, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto OHV-3 Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto OHV-1, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Space Dust Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto OHV-1, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Backspacer Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto OHV-1, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Backspacer Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Elvis Presley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Turtle Hill Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto OHV-1, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Backspacer Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Backspacer Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Space Dust Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto OHV-1, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto OHV-3 Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto OHV-1, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left onto OHV-2, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bugs Bunny Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cow Tracks Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Rock-a-Billy Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock-Around Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Poon Panther Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rocky Balboa Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Big Thunder Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Rockwell Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridgeline Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 220 Connector Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto 220 Trail Drop Start, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto 220 Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 220, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Juniper Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 220 Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto 110 Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 220 Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto 110 Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto 3 Jump Line, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto 110 Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Juniper Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 110 Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Sparrowhawk Way @ 7746 N stop 65 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Nolan Park Trail Trailhead
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- Pony Express Trail–Britney Spears Trail, 12 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,380 ft
- Bugs Bunny Trail–Cliffside Trail, 10 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,781 ft
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