Mill Canyon Spring Road–Samps Hollow Overlook Road, 3 sights
12 mi · ▲ 2,932 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Mill Canyon Spring Road–Samps Hollow Overlook Road, 3 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. It climbs 2,932 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,739 – 8,347 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.47747, -111.63925
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Mill Canyon Spring Road–Samps Hollow Overlook Road, 3 sights
12 mi · ▲ 2,932 ft · 5 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,738–8,348 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.47747, -111.63925
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Tibble Fork Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Mud Springs Trail 173, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Samps Hollow Overlook Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Upper Little Deer Creek, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Elk Hollow Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach Samps Hollow Overlook Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Elk Hollow Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Upper Little Deer Creek, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Samps Hollow Overlook Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Mud Springs Trail 173, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tibble Fork Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 76°F54°
Precip1%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity27%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
76°54°
Sun
70°53°
56%
Mon
63°48°
60%
Tue
72°50°
Wed
79°57°
Thu
77°56°
26%
More from this trailhead
- Mud Springs Trail 173 & Tibble Fork Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,044 ft
- Tibble Fork Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,868 ft
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