Highland Glen Pond & Cedar Hills Parkway
8.2 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Highland Glen Pond & Cedar Hills Parkway is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Highland Glen Park near American Fork, UT. The route reaches Highland Glen Pond. It climbs 318 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Highland Glen Pond & Cedar Hills Parkway
8.2 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Elevation 4,781–5,091 ft
Out & Back · Highland Glen Park
Trailhead: Murdock Canal Trail · 40.42018, -111.81208
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 86°F / low 60° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Murdock Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Highland Glen Pond.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Cedar Hills Parkway, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miReach Highland Glen Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Murdock Canal Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.4 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~93 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Murdock Canal Trail Trailhead
- Murdock Canal Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 63 ft
- Murdock Canal Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Murdock Canal Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 90 ft
- Murdock Canal Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 90 ft
- Grove Creek Falls–Lower Pond, 6 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft
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