Mouse Rock–Y Viewpoint Loop, 6 sights is a 7.5-mile loop near Pleasant View, UT. The route passes Mouse Rock, Slide Canyon Viewpoint and Y Viewpoint. It climbs 3,044 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,109 – 7,979 ft · steepest grade: 31%8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.26441, -111.63048
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT
Directions
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Mouse Rock–Y Viewpoint Loop, 6 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 3,044 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Elevation 5,107–7,980 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.26441, -111.63048
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto First Right Fork, heading E.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Slide Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miPass Mouse Rock.
- 50 ftPass Slide Canyon Viewpoint.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Y Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftPass Y Viewpoint.
- 1 miBear right onto Terrace Drive, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Terrace Drive, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
80% dirt17% gravel1% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:28 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Hinterlands Climbing Area & Hinterlands Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 930 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 467 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 459 ft
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