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Bonneville Shoreline Viewpoint via Bonneville Shoreline Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View, UT. The route reaches Bonneville Shoreline Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 446 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,109 – 5,292 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.26441, -111.63048
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT

Directions

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Bonneville Shoreline Viewpoint via Bonneville Shoreline Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 5,107–5,292 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.26441, -111.63048

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Terrace Drive, heading S.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
  7. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  8. 100 ftReach Bonneville Shoreline Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Terrace Drive, heading S.
  10. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 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 surface

86% dirt4% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:28 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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