Flag Rock–Bountiful Peak, 8 sights
13.9 mi · ▲ 5,890 ft · 7 hr 35 min
Flag Rock–Bountiful Peak, 8 sights is a 13.9-mile out-and-back near Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Bountiful Peak before reaching Flag Rock at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 5,890 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flag Rock–Bountiful Peak, 8 sights
13.9 mi · ▲ 5,890 ft · 7 hr 35 min
Elevation 4,669–9,251 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bountiful Peak Trail · 40.96441, -111.81813
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 66°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Bountiful Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Bountiful Peak.
- 3.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto North Firebreak Road, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto BST Access Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto North Firebreak Road, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Steed Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Flag Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Centennial Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Flag Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Flag Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto North Firebreak Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Steed Creek Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto BST Access Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto North Firebreak Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading S.
- 3.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
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- G2 Connector Trail & Old North Trail via Bountiful Peak Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,726 ft
- Bountiful Peak–Bountiful Peak Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 2,112 ft
- G2 Connector Trail via Bountiful Peak Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 2,073 ft
- Bountiful Peak Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft
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