Parley's Trail, Oct 16.jpg
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Parley's Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Parley's Historic Nature Park near Yuma View, UT. It climbs 437 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,492 – 4,741 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.71834, -111.83347
Nearest town Yuma View, UT

Directions

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Parley's Trail

4 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 4,491–4,740 ft

Out & Back · Parley's Historic Nature Park

Trailhead: 40.71834, -111.83347

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 89°F / low 71° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: 2700 S @ 1959 E stop 630 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Parley's Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

85% paved14% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 89°F71°
Feels like78°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity17%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°70°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat 88°70°
Sun 82°65° 34%
Mon 71°61° 63%
Tue 80°59°
Wed 90°65°
Thu 81°65° 26%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: 2700 S @ 1959 E stop 630 m from the trailhead

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