Mormon Battalion via Canyon Road
1.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 29 min
Mormon Battalion via Canyon Road is a 1.3-mile out-and-back near Canon Road, UT. The route reaches Mormon Battalion at the turnaround, 0.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mormon Battalion via Canyon Road
1.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 29 min
Elevation 4,479–4,605 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.77859, -111.88434
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Transit-accessible: State Capitol east entrance stop 241 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Freedom Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Canyon Road, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Philo T. Farnsworth Promenade, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Mormon Battalion, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canyon Road, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Freedom Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower City Creek Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Freedom Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:25 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: State Capitol east entrance stop 241 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lower City Creek Loop Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section 3.6 mi · ▲ 697 ft
- Lower City Creek Loop & Meadow Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section 3.8 mi · ▲ 693 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section–City Creek Pipeline Trail, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 576 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - East City Creek Section–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section Loop, 5 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft
- Vista Mound & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - West City Creek Section 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,596 ft
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