Cow bike trail–Green Swales Road, 3 sights

14.8 mi · ▲ 3,111 ft · 6 hr 29 min

Cow bike trail–Green Swales Road, 3 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Patrick Place, UT. It climbs 3,111 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,679 – 7,668 ft · steepest grade: 23%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cow bike trail 40.11740, -111.43281
Nearest town Patrick Place, UT

Directions

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Cow bike trail–Green Swales Road, 3 sights

14.8 mi · ▲ 3,111 ft · 6 hr 29 min

Elevation 5,678–7,667 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Cow bike trail · 40.11740, -111.43281

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start on Cow bike trail, heading E.
  2. 2 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 1.9 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Green Swales Road, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Green Swales Road, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miReach Cow bike trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miBear right onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Swales Road, heading S.
  12. 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 1.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 1.9 miBear right onto Cow bike trail, heading S.
  16. 1.9 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

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.5 mi in (~224 min). Leave by 3:50 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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