Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir & Foothill Trail via Murdock Canal Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir & Foothill Trail via Murdock Canal Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Lindon, UT. The route reaches Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 280 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,830 – 5,138 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Murdock Canal Trail 40.36107, -111.71629
Nearest town Lindon, UT

Directions

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Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir & Foothill Trail via Murdock Canal Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 4,830–5,137 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Murdock Canal Trail · 40.36107, -111.71629

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Murdock Canal Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Foothill Trail, heading N.
  3. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Soft Rock, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Gambel, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fault Line, heading NE.
  13. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading S.
  15. 150 ftBear left onto Fault Line, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftReach Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fault Line, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  24. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto Fault Line, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Gambel, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 350 ftTurn right onto Soft Rock, heading W.
  32. 50 ftSharp right onto Foothill Trail, heading W.
  33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Murdock Canal Trail, heading NW.
  34. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

64% paved17% gravel9% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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