North Firebreak Road–Old Aqueduct Trail, 4 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Woodland Springs, UT. It climbs 1,312 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,682 – 5,604 ft · steepest grade: 30%7.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Firebreak Road 40.96958, -111.87484
Nearest town Woodland Springs, UT
Directions
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North Firebreak Road–Old Aqueduct Trail, 4 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 1,312 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Elevation 4,682–5,605 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Firebreak Road · 40.96958, -111.87484
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Transit-accessible: 200 E @ 681 S stop 713 m from the trailhead
- Start on North Firebreak Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Steed Creek Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Rudd Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Farmington Spine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Aqueduct Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miReach North Firebreak Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Farmington Spine Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old Aqueduct Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Farmington Spine Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rudd Canyon Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Firebreak Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Patsy's Mine Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto North Firebreak Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Steed Creek Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto North Firebreak Road, 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:57 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 200 E @ 681 S stop 713 m from the trailhead
More from North Firebreak Road Trailhead
- BST Access Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 437 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail–Patsy's Mine Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 530 ft
- Farmington Spine Trail–North Firebreak Road, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft
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