Yellow Fork Canyon County Park
Lookout–Moon Ridge Trail, 6 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 2,665 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Lookout–Moon Ridge Trail, 6 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Yellow Fork Canyon County Park near Hi Country Estates, UT. The route reaches Lookout at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 2,665 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lookout–Moon Ridge Trail, 6 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 2,665 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 5,629–7,534 ft
Out & Back · Yellow Fork Canyon County Park
Trailhead: 40.46654, -112.08191
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 82°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Fork Ridge North, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Water Fork Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork West Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Maple Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wind Caves Way Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Lookout Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Rose Ridge Section, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wind Caves Way Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rose Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Butterfield Peaks Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Yellow Butter Section, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Maple Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Moon Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Fork West Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Water Fork Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Fork Canyon Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Fork Ridge North, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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