AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Promontory via Three-Mile Canyon

2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 47 min

Promontory via Three-Mile Canyon is a 2-mile out-and-back near Atkinson, UT. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,841 – 7,028 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.72791, -111.44703
Nearest town Atkinson, UT
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Promontory via Three-Mile Canyon

2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 47 min

Elevation 6,839–7,027 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.72791, -111.44703

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Three-Mile Canyon, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left onto Promontory, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miReach Promontory, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miSharp right onto Three-Mile Canyon, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 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/promontory-out-back-3-km-67ed

Trail surface

62% paved38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:28 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 8 min before dark.

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