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Farmington Creek Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Bayview Heights, UT. It climbs 1,107 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,498 – 5,627 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pond to Farm Trail 40.99593, -111.88525
Nearest town Bayview Heights, UT

Directions

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Farmington Creek Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 4,498–5,626 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pond to Farm Trail · 40.99593, -111.88525

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: 600 N @ 108 W stop 732 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pond to Farm Trail, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Farmington Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Farmington Creek Trail, heading SE.
  6. 1.7 miReach Farmington Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.8 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Farmington Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear right onto Pond to Farm Trail, heading SW.
  11. 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

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 600 N @ 108 W stop 732 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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