Mount Wire West Viewpoint–Mount Wire, 5 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in This Is the Place Heritage Park near Foothill Village, UT. The route passes Mount Wire before reaching Mount Wire West Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 2,665 ft, with sections as steep as 45% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,007 – 7,136 ft · steepest grade: 45%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.75359, -111.81301
Nearest town Foothill Village, UT
Directions
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Mount Wire West Viewpoint–Mount Wire, 5 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 2,665 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 5,005–7,136 ft
Out & Back · This Is the Place Heritage Park
Trailhead: 40.75359, -111.81301
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: This Is the Place Park stop 174 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mount Wire South Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Mount Wire Southwest Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Wire South Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftPass Mount Wire.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Mount Wire West Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Mount Wire West Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Mount Wire South Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Mount Wire Southwest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mount Wire South Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
65% dirt35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:21 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: This Is the Place Park stop 174 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section 2.1 mi · ▲ 263 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section 2.2 mi · ▲ 816 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section 2.2 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section 2.4 mi · ▲ 602 ft
- Foothill Dr. Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section 2.6 mi · ▲ 431 ft
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