Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Pleasant View, UT. It climbs 1,164 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,030 – 6,109 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rock Canyon Park Connector 40.26668, -111.63219
Nearest town Pleasant View, UT
Directions
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Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 1,164 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 5,028–6,108 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rock Canyon Park Connector · 40.26668, -111.63219
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 66° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Canyon Park Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Rock Canyon/Dry Fork Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Rock Canyon Park Connector, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, 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.
Trail surface
87% dirt12% gravel1% paved
Weather
ClearTemperature 87°F66°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity21%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
87°67°
Sun
79°59°
55%
Mon
72°56°
55%
Tue
78°55°
Wed
86°60°
Thu
87°64°
20%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:23 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rock Canyon Park Connector Trailhead
- Hinterlands Climbing Area & Hinterlands Trail via Bonneville Shoreline Trail 1.6 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail & The "V" Trail 2 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 442 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 417 ft
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