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Mill Canyon Peak–Rock Spring, 8 sights

15.8 mi · ▲ 4,919 ft · 7 hr 44 min

Mill Canyon Peak–Rock Spring, 8 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Silver Creek Viewpoint and Rock Spring before reaching Mill Canyon Peak at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 4,919 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,739 – 10,345 ft · steepest grade: 33%16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Silver Creek Trail 40.49249, -111.64584
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
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Mill Canyon Peak–Rock Spring, 8 sights

15.8 mi · ▲ 4,919 ft · 7 hr 44 min

Elevation 6,740–10,343 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Upper Silver Creek Trail · 40.49249, -111.64584

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Silver Creek Trail, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Silver Creek Viewpoint.
  3. 1.8 miSharp right, heading S.
  4. 400 ftTurn right onto Holman Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Holman Trail, heading S.
  6. 2.4 miTurn left onto Old Trench Road Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Holman Trail, heading E.
  8. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miPass Rock Spring.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto East Ridge Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miReach Mill Canyon Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Holman Trail, heading W.
  15. 2.1 miTurn left onto Old Trench Road Trail, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Holman Trail, heading NW.
  17. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Holman Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 450 ftSharp left onto Silver Creek Trail, heading N.
  20. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mill-canyon-peak-rock-spring-out-back-8-sights-25-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.7 mi in (~294 min). Leave by 2:42 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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