Highland Glen Park

Highland Glen Pond via Cedar Hills Parkway

4 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Highland Glen Pond via Cedar Hills Parkway is a 4-mile out-and-back in Highland Glen Park near Cedar Hills, UT. The route reaches Highland Glen Pond. It climbs 255 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,830 – 5,105 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.42265, -111.76009
Nearest town Cedar Hills, UT

Directions

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Highland Glen Pond via Cedar Hills Parkway

4 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 4,830–5,106 ft

Out & Back · Highland Glen Park

Trailhead: 40.42265, -111.76009

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cedar Hills Parkway, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miPass Highland Glen Pond.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 150 ftReach Highland Glen Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

60% paved40% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 85°F67°
Precip1%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 85°67°
Sun 75°59° 48%
Mon 72°57° 55%
Tue 79°57°
Wed 87°62°
Thu 83°65° 23%

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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