Lower City Creek Loop & Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section
3.8 mi · ▲ 693 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Lower City Creek Loop & Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Canon Road, UT. It climbs 693 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower City Creek Loop & Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section
3.8 mi · ▲ 693 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 4,527–5,193 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.77995, -111.88564
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 88°F / low 70° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: 500 North / Cortez Street stop 110 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Freedom Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading N.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Lower City Creek Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Canyon Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 500 North / Cortez Street stop 110 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
- Lower City Creek Loop Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section 3.6 mi · ▲ 697 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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