Bountiful Peak Trail–Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, 3 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 3,689 ft · 4 hr 55 min
Bountiful Peak Trail–Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, 3 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back near Rockwood Estates, UT. It climbs 3,689 ft, with sections as steep as 49% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bountiful Peak Trail–Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, 3 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 3,689 ft · 4 hr 55 min
Elevation 4,607–7,345 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Firebreak Road · 40.92276, -111.86628
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: 400 E @ 620 N stop 524 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on North Firebreak Road, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto G2 Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Davis Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto G2 Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 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 7:34 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: 400 E @ 620 N stop 524 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Jurassic Gate retention pond–Deuel Creek North, 4 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 585 ft
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- North Firebreak Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 2,003 ft
- Davis Creek Spur Trail via North Firebreak Road 7.4 mi · ▲ 2,042 ft
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