Mother Urban is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Park City, UT. It climbs 924 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,126 – 7,707 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mother Urban 40.64615, -111.50058
Nearest town Park City, UT
Directions
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Mother Urban
3.8 mi · ▲ 924 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 7,126–7,708 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mother Urban · 40.64615, -111.50058
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Park Avenue & 8th Street stop 181 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto South Sweeney, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Sweeney, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto King Road Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Grave Digger, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Woodside Gulch, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Daly Bypass, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Woodside Gulch, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Grave Digger, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto King Road Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mother Urban, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Sweeney, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mother Urban, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto South Sweeney, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Mother Urban, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sweeney Switchbacks Access, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
95% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Park Avenue & 8th Street stop 181 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mother Urban Trailhead
- South Sweeney & Sweeney Switchbacks via Mother Urban 2 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Mother Urban 3.1 mi · ▲ 622 ft
- Mother Urban 3.5 mi · ▲ 763 ft
- Drift Road–First Time, 7 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,084 ft
- Woodside Gulch via Mother Urban 4.2 mi · ▲ 971 ft
- Mother Urban 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,065 ft
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