Pumphouse Hill–Fence Line Trail, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Pumphouse Hill–Fence Line Trail, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Patrick Place, UT. The route reaches Pumphouse Hill at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 2,239 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,296 – 8,232 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Packard Canyon Trailhead 40.19126, -111.38605
Nearest town Patrick Place, UT

Directions

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Pumphouse Hill–Fence Line Trail, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Elevation 6,295–8,231 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Packard Canyon Trailhead · 40.19126, -111.38605

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Packard Canyon Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Packard East Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.2 miSharp left onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miSharp right onto Fence Line Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right onto Green Swales Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pump Ridge, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Pumphouse Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Green Swales Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left onto Fence Line Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miSharp left onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.9 miSharp right onto Packard East Trail, heading W.
  15. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 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

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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