Grove Creek Spring & Grove Creek Trail via Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Mutual Dell, UT. The route reaches Grove Creek Spring. It climbs 1,978 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,784 – 7,776 ft · steepest grade: 33%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Grove Creek Trail 40.39714, -111.68222
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT
Directions
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Grove Creek Spring & Grove Creek Trail via Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,978 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 5,784–7,775 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Grove Creek Trail · 40.39714, -111.68222
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Grove Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grove Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Grove Creek Spring.
- 2.2 miReach Grove Creek Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Timpooneke-Chris' Flat Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grove Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 450 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
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