Bottom Trail–Left Hand Fork Trail, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Tooele, UT. It climbs 1,762 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,394 – 6,713 ft · steepest grade: 36%5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50494, -112.29052
Nearest town Tooele, UT
Directions
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Bottom Trail–Left Hand Fork Trail, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,762 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 5,392–6,712 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.50494, -112.29052
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Dark Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Legion Park Camp Complex, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Bottom Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bench Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bottom Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Muddy Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Dark Trail, heading W.
- 450 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
76% dirt24% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dark Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 289 ft
- Settlement Canyon Reservoir 2.9 mi · ▲ 1,123 ft
- Left Hand Fork Trail–Muddy Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft
- Bottom Trail–Muddy Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,939 ft
- Bear Trap Pass–Bench Trail, 5 sights 6 mi · ▲ 1,888 ft
- Little Mountain–England Pass, 5 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,530 ft
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