Rio Tinto Observation Point via Bolt Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 301 ft · 47 min
Rio Tinto Observation Point via Bolt Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in BLM - Salt Lake Field Office near Hi Country Estates, UT. The route reaches Rio Tinto Observation Point at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 301 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rio Tinto Observation Point via Bolt Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 301 ft · 47 min
Elevation 5,522–5,846 ft
Out & Back · BLM - Salt Lake Field Office
Trailhead: Millie Trail · 40.51115, -112.09717
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Millie Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto The Pipe Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Millie Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Millie Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Copper Rise Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Bolt Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Copper Rise Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Goat Nose Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Rio Tinto Observation Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Copper Rise Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Bolt Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Copper Rise Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Millie Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Galena Gulch Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Millie Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto The Pipe Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Millie Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Millie Trail Trailhead
- Apex Trail–Copper Rise Trail Loop, 6 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Bingham (BST) Trail–Bolt Trail Loop, 9 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 904 ft
- Bolt Trail–Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Butter Knife Section, 9 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,977 ft
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