Copper Mine Overlook & Copper Mine Overlook Road is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Angels Grove, UT. The route reaches Copper Mine Overlook at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,206 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi7,776 – 9,010 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bear Fork Trail 40.48438, -112.17763
Nearest town Angels Grove, UT
Directions
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Copper Mine Overlook & Copper Mine Overlook Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 7,777–9,010 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bear Fork Trail · 40.48438, -112.17763
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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 SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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
83% gravel17% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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