Dark Trail–Muddy Trail, 3 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back near Angels Grove, UT. It climbs 2,556 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,404 – 6,713 ft · steepest grade: 35%8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bench Trail 40.50049, -112.27794
Nearest town Angels Grove, UT
Directions
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Dark Trail–Muddy Trail, 3 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 2,556 ft · 4 hr 11 min
Elevation 5,403–6,712 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bench Trail · 40.50049, -112.27794
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Bottom Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Muddy Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Dark Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miReach Muddy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Legion Park Camp Complex, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Muddy Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Bottom Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 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
63% dirt37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bench Trail Trailhead
- Bottom Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 493 ft
- Muddy Trail via Bottom Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 909 ft
- Dark Trail & Left Hand Fork Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Bear Trap Pass–Bench Trail, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,274 ft
- Left Hand Fork Trail via Bottom Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,270 ft
- Oakridge Dr & Upland 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft
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