Settlement Canyon Reservoir & Left Hand Fork Trail via Dark Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Tooele, UT. The route reaches Settlement Canyon Reservoir. It climbs 1,345 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,394 – 5,978 ft · steepest grade: 39%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50698, -112.29317
Nearest town Tooele, UT
Directions
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Settlement Canyon Reservoir & Left Hand Fork Trail via Dark Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,345 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 5,393–5,977 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.50698, -112.29317
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 67° · precip 0% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Settlement Canyon Reservoir.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Dark Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Legion Park Camp Complex, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Left Hand Fork Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Settlement Canyon Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Dark Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
58% dirt42% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 83°F67°
Precip0%Wind17 mphUV7Humidity19%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 7:00 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Sat
83°65°
Sun
77°58°
26%
Mon
67°55°
31%
Tue
77°54°
Wed
84°62°
Thu
79°61°
20%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Settlement Canyon Reservoir–Bench Trail, 3 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 3,263 ft
- Little Mountain–Settlement Canyon Reservoir, 7 sights 13.4 mi · ▲ 4,629 ft
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