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Gambel & Molly's Trail via Bench Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 728 ft · 2 hr

Gambel & Molly's Trail via Bench Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Cedar Hills, UT. It climbs 728 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,912 – 5,256 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41554, -111.75010
Nearest town Cedar Hills, UT
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Gambel & Molly's Trail via Bench Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 728 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 4,912–5,257 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.41554, -111.75010

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 200 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftTurn left onto Bench Road, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Molly's Trail, heading S.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading S.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Gambel, heading S.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 200 ftContinue straight onto Rose, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Gambel, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rose, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftReach Molly's Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gambel, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Rose, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gambel, heading SE.
  32. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  33. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cowley's Curse, heading SE.
  35. 0.2 miBear right onto Bench Road, heading S.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading S.
  37. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  38. 150 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  39. 100 ftTurn right onto Bench Road, heading SW.
  40. 250 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading N.
  41. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  42. 100 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  44. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  45. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  46. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  47. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  48. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  49. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  51. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  52. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  53. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  54. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gambel-mollys-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

32% dirt25% gravel43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

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 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 200 m from the trailhead

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