Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area
Grandpa's Pond–Riverfront Pond, 7 lakes
10 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Grandpa's Pond–Riverfront Pond, 7 lakes is a 10-mile out-and-back in Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area near Didier Minor, UT. The route passes Pond at Gardner VIlliage, Grandpa's Pond, Grandpa's Pond and 3 more before reaching Riverfront Pond at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Grandpa's Pond–Riverfront Pond, 7 lakes
10 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Elevation 4,287–4,336 ft
Out & Back · Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area
Trailhead: 40.60824, -111.92359
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Transit-accessible: Historic Gardner stop 68 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Pond at Gardner VIlliage.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Jordan River Parkway, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jordan River Parkway Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Grandpa's Pond.
- 0.2 miPass Grandpa's Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Jordan River Parkway Trail Access, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Jordan River Parkway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Pond Leone.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Midas Pond.
- 150 ftPass Kidney Pond.
- 50 ftPass Riverfront Pond.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Grandpa's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Jordan River Parkway Trail Access, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jordan River Parkway Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Jordan River Parkway, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Historic Gardner stop 68 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Grandpa's Pond–Pond at Gardner VIlliage, 3 lakes 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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