Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, 6 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 2,387 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, 6 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back near Orchard Hills East, UT. It climbs 2,387 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, 6 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 2,387 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Elevation 4,837–6,178 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.82273, -111.89809
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 1% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Wild Rose Overlook, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Overlook Upper, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tower Connector, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Radio Tower Utility Road, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hell Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Lakeline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hell Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Radio Tower Utility Road, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Grandview Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tower Connector, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Wild Rose Overlook Upper, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Wild Rose Overlook, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:29 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Industrial Arch–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,120 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - North Salt Lake section–City Creek Pipeline Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 2,126 ft
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