Mormon Battalion & Lower City Creek Loop
2.2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 54 min
Mormon Battalion & Lower City Creek Loop is a 2.2-mile out-and-back near North Hills, UT. The route reaches Mormon Battalion at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 343 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mormon Battalion & Lower City Creek Loop
2.2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 54 min
Elevation 4,526–4,780 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 19th Avenue (lower) · 40.78989, -111.87878
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 88°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Philo T. Farnsworth Promenade, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Mormon Battalion, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from 19th Avenue (lower) Trailhead
- Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section 2.4 mi · ▲ 592 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Valleyview Section 2.9 mi · ▲ 823 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Valleyview Section 3.3 mi · ▲ 898 ft
- 19th Avenue (Lower)–City Creek Pipeline Trail Loop, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section 4.1 mi · ▲ 939 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft
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