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Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir–Bench Road, 4 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir–Bench Road, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Pleasant Grove, UT. The route reaches Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir. It climbs 322 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,007 – 5,141 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bonneville Shoreline Trail 40.37482, -111.71260
Nearest town Pleasant Grove, UT
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Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir–Bench Road, 4 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 5,005–5,141 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bonneville Shoreline Trail · 40.37482, -111.71260

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fault Line, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading W.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Fault Line, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Viking Run, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Tufa, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miBear left onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading W.
  20. 200 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading N.
  21. 100 ftTurn right onto Bench Road, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading W.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading W.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading W.
  25. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading N.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  28. 0.7 miReach Grove Creek Debris Basin Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading NW.
  32. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftBear left onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  35. 250 ftTurn left onto Molly's Trail, heading S.
  36. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  37. 150 ftContinue straight onto Molly's Trail, heading SE.
  38. 500 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  39. 0.2 miBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading SE.
  40. 50 ftBear left onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cowley's Curse, heading SE.
  42. 0.2 miBear right onto Tufa, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Cowley's Curse, heading S.
  44. 150 ftBear left onto Viking Run, heading SE.
  45. 50 ftBear left onto Cowley's Curse, heading SE.
  46. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  47. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  48. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fault Line, heading SE.
  49. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  50. 50 ftBear right onto Bench Road, heading SE.
  51. 150 ftBear left onto Fault Line, heading S.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bench Road, heading S.
  53. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  54. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/grove-creek-debris-basin-reservoir-grove-creek-debris-basin-reservoir-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

65% gravel29% dirt6% 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

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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