Hunters Rock & Jurassic Gate retention pond via North Firebreak Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 47 min
Hunters Rock & Jurassic Gate retention pond via North Firebreak Road is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Rockwood Estates, UT. The route passes Jurassic Gate retention pond before reaching Hunters Rock at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 291 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
Getting there
Directions
Hunters Rock & Jurassic Gate retention pond via North Firebreak Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 47 min
Elevation 4,606–4,802 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Firebreak Road · 40.92276, -111.86628
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Transit-accessible: 400 E @ 620 N stop 524 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Jurassic Gate retention pond.
- 350 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto North Firebreak Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Hunters Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 400 E @ 620 N stop 524 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Firebreak Road Trailhead
- Jurassic Gate retention pond–Deuel Creek North, 4 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 585 ft
- North Firebreak Road 7 mi · ▲ 1,596 ft
- North Firebreak Road 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,912 ft
- North Firebreak Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 2,003 ft
- Davis Creek Spur Trail via North Firebreak Road 7.4 mi · ▲ 2,042 ft
- North Firebreak Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,941 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near Rockwood Estates, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Rockwood Estates, Utah