Lower City Creek Loop Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 308 ft · 47 min
Lower City Creek Loop Loop is a 1.9-mile loop near Canon Road, UT. It climbs 308 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower City Creek Loop Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 308 ft · 47 min
Elevation 4,479–4,780 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.77859, -111.88434
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: State Capitol east entrance stop 241 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Canyon Road, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: State Capitol east entrance stop 241 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mormon Battalion via Canyon Road 1.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section 3.6 mi · ▲ 697 ft
- Lower City Creek Loop & Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section 3.8 mi · ▲ 693 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section–City Creek Pipeline Trail, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 576 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section Loop, 5 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft
- Vista Mound & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,596 ft
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