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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Tibble Fork Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Mud Springs Trail 173, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 1.2 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left onto Samps Hollow Overlook Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miBear right onto Upper Little Deer Creek, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miBear left onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading S.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Elk Hollow Road, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miReach Samps Hollow Overlook Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right onto Elk Hollow Road, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading SW.
  16. 350 ftBear right onto Upper Little Deer Creek, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miBear left onto Mill Canyon Spring Road, heading N.
  18. 0.7 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Samps Hollow Overlook Road, heading NW.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 1.2 miTurn left onto Mud Springs Trail 173, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tibble Fork Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  25. 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%

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