Sawmill Trail
9 mi · ▲ 4,748 ft · 5 hr 22 min
Sawmill Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Lone Peak Wilderness near Highlands of Hidden Valley, UT. It climbs 4,748 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Sawmill Trail
9 mi · ▲ 4,748 ft · 5 hr 22 min
Elevation 5,112–9,873 ft
Out & Back · Lone Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: 40.53680, -111.81468
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 85°F / low 69° · precip 1% · wind 20 mph · sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Draper Section, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Sawmill Trail, heading E.
- 4 miReach Sawmill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Draper Section, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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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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 8:22 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
More from this trailhead
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Draper Section 2.1 mi · ▲ 267 ft
- Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Draper Section 2.6 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Orson Smith Trail–Porter Rockwell Trail, 4 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 1,128 ft
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