City Creek Pipeline Trail–City Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near North Bonneville, UT. It climbs 1,300 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,656 – 5,857 ft · steepest grade: 39%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: City Creek Trail 40.80632, -111.85824
Nearest town North Bonneville, UT
Directions
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City Creek Pipeline Trail–City Creek Trail, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,300 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 4,657–5,857 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: City Creek Trail · 40.80632, -111.85824
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto City Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Avenues Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach City Creek Pipeline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right onto 19th Avenue (lower), heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto City Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto City Creek Pipeline Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto City Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 85°F68°
Precip1%Wind11 mphUV7Humidity19%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat
85°67°
Sun
80°63°
31%
Mon
69°57°
54%
Tue
76°56°
Wed
87°61°
Thu
78°63°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from City Creek Trail Trailhead
- Twin Peaks Viewpoint–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Twin Peaks Section, 4 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,385 ft
- City Creek Pipeline Trail & Lost Lad Trail via City Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,917 ft
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