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Bonneville Shoreline Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 589 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Bonneville Shoreline Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Cedar Hills, UT. It climbs 589 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,099 – 5,279 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41554, -111.75010
Nearest town Cedar Hills, UT
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Bonneville Shoreline Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 589 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 5,098–5,280 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftTurn left onto Bench Road, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  24. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bonneville-shoreline-trail-out-back-6-km-f581

Trail surface

21% dirt20% gravel59% 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 200 m from the trailhead

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