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Yellow Fork Canyon County Park

Lookout–Black Jack Trail, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,473 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Lookout–Black Jack Trail, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Yellow Fork Canyon County Park near Hi Country Estates, UT. The route reaches Lookout at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,473 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,670 – 7,057 ft · steepest grade: 27%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Fork Canyon Road 40.46555, -112.08569
Nearest town Hi Country Estates, UT
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Lookout–Black Jack Trail, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,473 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 5,671–7,058 ft

Out & Back · Yellow Fork Canyon County Park

Trailhead: Yellow Fork Canyon Road · 40.46555, -112.08569

Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 81°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  11. 300 ftTurn right onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading W.
  12. 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading NW.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  21. 350 ftBear right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NW.
  22. 350 ftTurn right onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right onto Black Jack Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miBear left onto Lookout Trail, heading NW.
  26. 250 ftReach Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading SW.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right onto Black Jack Trail, heading SW.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading S.
  32. 350 ftBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SW.
  33. 350 ftTurn right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading NE.
  35. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  39. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading SE.
  40. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading E.
  42. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  44. 250 ftBear right onto Dan's Hill Trail, heading E.
  45. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  46. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  48. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  49. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  50. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
  51. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
  52. 450 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading SE.
  53. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lookout-black-jack-trail-out-back-5-sights-8-km-90d4

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 81°F60°
Precip0%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity16%
Rained 0.2″ 5 days ago (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 7:00 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sun 78°61° 17%
Mon 69°55° 40%
Tue 80°54°
Wed 83°54°
Thu 85°57°
Fri 80°60°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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