AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Murdock Canal Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Murdock Canal Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Lindon, 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.

Elevation

0 mi4,833 – 4,859 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Murdock Canal Trail 40.36107, -111.71629
Nearest town Lindon, UT
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Murdock Canal Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 4,834–4,860 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Murdock Canal Trail · 40.36107, -111.71629

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:52 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Murdock Canal Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/murdock-canal-trail-out-back-7-km-39e7

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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