Forest Lake–Pot Hollow, 4 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Wasatch Mountain State Park near Mound City, UT. The route passes Pot Hollow before reaching Forest Lake at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 2,602 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,382 – 8,905 ft · steepest grade: 25%9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52407, -111.53951
Nearest town Mound City, UT
Directions
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Forest Lake–Pot Hollow, 4 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 2,602 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 7,383–8,905 ft
Out & Back · Wasatch Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 40.52407, -111.53951
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 53° · precip 1% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.1 miPass Pot Hollow.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Pot Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto East Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pot Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Shaffer Fork Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Forest Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pot Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto East Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pot Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
73% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 71°F53°
Precip1%Wind14 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.3″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:57 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
71°52°
Sun
66°48°
58%
Mon
59°44°
58%
Tue
69°41°
Wed
75°48°
Thu
75°49°
28%
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- Pot Hollow 3.9 mi · ▲ 953 ft
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