Murdock Canal Trail
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Murdock Canal Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Olmstead, UT. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Murdock Canal Trail
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Elevation 4,841–4,851 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Murdock Canal Trail · 40.32461, -111.67965
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 87°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: 1600 N @ 694 E stop 179 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Murdock Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 1600 N @ 694 E stop 179 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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