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.
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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
- Start on Packard Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Packard East Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Fence Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Green Swales Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pump Ridge, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Pumphouse Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Green Swales Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Fence Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Packard Cutoff Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Packard East Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Packard Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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