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Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View, UT. It climbs 1,040 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,154 – 6,109 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.26410, -111.62837
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT

Directions

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Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 1,040 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 5,155–6,108 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.26410, -111.62837

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 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% dirt14% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:26 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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