Grove Creek Falls–Foothill Trail, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Pleasant Grove, UT. The route reaches Grove Creek Falls at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 1,366 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,826 – 5,811 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.37614, -111.72735
Nearest town Pleasant Grove, UT
Directions
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Grove Creek Falls–Foothill Trail, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 4,826–5,811 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.37614, -111.72735
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Murdock Canal Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Foothill Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Soft Rock, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Gambel, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tufa, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mahogany Bench Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Mahogany Bench Climb Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mahogany Bench Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Grove Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Grove Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Mahogany Bench Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mahogany Bench Climb Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mahogany Bench Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tufa, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cowley's Curse, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Gambel, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Soft Rock, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Foothill Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Murdock Canal Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 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 surface
82% dirt9% paved9% 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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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