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.
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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
- Start on Cow bike trail, heading E.
- 2 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Green Swales Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Green Swales Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Cow bike trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mapleton-Sawmill Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Green Swales Road, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Cow bike trail, heading S.
- 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.
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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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