Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section–Hell Canyon Trail, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 2,078 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section–Hell Canyon Trail, 5 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Canon Road, UT. It climbs 2,078 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section–Hell Canyon Trail, 5 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 2,078 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 4,527–5,621 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Philo T. Farnsworth Promenade · 40.77973, -111.88822
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: 500 North / Cortez Street stop 110 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Philo T. Farnsworth Promenade, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Freedom Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NE.
- 2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hell Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Lakeline Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Sandhurst South Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lakeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Victory Switchbacks, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lakeline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Victory Switchbacks, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lakeline Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Lower City Creek Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Victory Switchbacks, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lakeline Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Victory Switchbacks, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lakeline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sandhurst South Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeline Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Hell Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Canyon Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Canyon Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Philo T. Farnsworth Promenade, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:21 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 500 North / Cortez Street stop 110 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Philo T. Farnsworth Promenade Trailhead
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section–Lower City Creek Loop, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft
- Rudys Flat–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, 5 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 4,287 ft
- Wagner Spring–o, 12 sights 16 mi · ▲ 4,273 ft
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