Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Canon Road, UT. It climbs 697 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,479 – 5,204 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.77859, -111.88434
Nearest town Canon Road, UT
Directions
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Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section
3.6 mi · ▲ 697 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 4,479–5,203 ft
Out & Back
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 on Freedom Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Meadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading N.
- 400 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto 19th Avenue (Lower), heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading SW.
- 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.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
ClearTemperature 89°F69°
Precip1%Wind11 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.2″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sun
82°67°
31%
Mon
71°62°
54%
Tue
80°59°
Wed
88°66°
Thu
84°71°
20%
Fri
88°71°
19%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 2 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
- Lower City Creek Loop Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 308 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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