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Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View, UT. It climbs 1,086 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,109 – 6,109 ft · steepest grade: 28%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.26441, -111.63048
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT

Directions

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Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 1,086 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 5,107–6,108 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.26441, -111.63048

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 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

82% dirt13% gravel3% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:58 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:23 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 4 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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