Copper Mine Overlook–Bear Fork Trail, 5 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Rose Canyon County Open Space near Hi Country Estates, UT. The route reaches Copper Mine Overlook at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 4,218 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,306 – 9,010 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Swamp Fork Trail 40.48529, -112.14377
Nearest town Hi Country Estates, UT
Directions
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Copper Mine Overlook–Bear Fork Trail, 5 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 4,218 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Elevation 6,305–9,010 ft
Out & Back · Rose Canyon County Open Space
Trailhead: Swamp Fork Trail · 40.48529, -112.14377
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Swamp Fork Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear left onto City Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Fork Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Copper Mine Overlook Road, heading NW.
- 1.9 miReach Copper Mine Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Fork Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Left Hand Fork Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto City Canyon Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Swamp Fork Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 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
47% dirt31% gravel22% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~202 min). Leave by 4:16 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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