Honeymoon Meadows–Horse Flat Trail, 5 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back near Mutual Dell, UT. It climbs 2,133 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,877 – 8,075 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Upper Salamander Flat Road 40.44031, -111.62761
Nearest town Mutual Dell, UT
Directions
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Honeymoon Meadows–Horse Flat Trail, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,133 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Elevation 6,877–8,073 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Upper Salamander Flat Road · 40.44031, -111.62761
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Horse Flat Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lame Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Mount Timpanogos Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Middle Earth, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Honeymoon Meadows, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Ridge Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Middle Earth, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Stewarts Cascade Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Timpanogos Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lame Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Horse Flat Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lame Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Ridge Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Upper Salamander Flat Road, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
83% dirt17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Upper Salamander Flat Road Trailhead
- Salamander Flat Trail & Willow Hollow Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Ridge Connector Trail–Snow Gauging Trail Loop, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 640 ft
- Mud Spring & Ridge Connector Trail via Ridge Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 784 ft
- Dylan's Way–Horse Flat Trail, 5 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 2,169 ft
- Horse Spring–Mud Spring Loop, 7 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,990 ft
- Timpanogos Summit Viewpoint–Salamander Flat Trail, 4 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 3,132 ft
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