Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir–Bell Bottom Trail, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Bell Oaks, UT. The route reaches Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir. It climbs 1,126 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,220 – 5,676 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.57244, -111.79895
Nearest town Bell Oaks, UT
Directions
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Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir–Bell Bottom Trail, 3 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,126 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 5,220–5,676 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.57244, -111.79895
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Little Cottonwood Road @ 3142 East (P&R) stop 775 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Bells Canyon Access Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Bells Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Bells Canyon Access Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bells Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Bell Bottom Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto South Dry Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bell Bottom Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bells Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Bells Canyon Access Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Bells Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Bells Canyon Access Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
38% dirt62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM
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.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Little Cottonwood Road @ 3142 East (P&R) stop 775 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall–Bells Canyon Waterfall Viewpoint, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,500 ft
- Upper Bells Canyon Reservoir–Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir, 3 lakes 8.8 mi · ▲ 4,126 ft
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