Ford Canyon Overlook Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,915 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Ford Canyon Overlook Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Cannon Hills, UT. It climbs 1,915 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ford Canyon Overlook Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,915 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Elevation 4,632–6,363 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.93039, -111.86858
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 72° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Transit-accessible: 400 E @ 990 N stop 482 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miReach Ford Canyon Overlook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Bountiful Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 0.8 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 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 400 E @ 990 N stop 482 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bountiful Peak Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Bountiful Peak Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 484 ft
- North Firebreak Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 733 ft
- Bountiful Peak Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 701 ft
- Bountiful Peak Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 736 ft
- North Firebreak Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 952 ft
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