Silver Lake Flat–Tibble Fork Reservoir, 6 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT. The route passes Tibble Fork Reservoir, American Fork Canyon and Silver Lake Flat. It climbs 1,136 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,385 – 7,550 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Reservoir Access Trail 40.48316, -111.64443
Nearest town Silver Lake Summer Home Area, UT
Directions
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Silver Lake Flat–Tibble Fork Reservoir, 6 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,136 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,384–7,550 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Reservoir Access Trail · 40.48316, -111.64443
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 76°F / low 54° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Reservoir Access Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Tibble Fork Reservoir.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horse Transfer Station Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Horse Transfer Station Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftPass American Fork Canyon.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Silver Flat Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miPass Silver Lake Flat.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Silver Lake Flat Road, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Silver Lake Flat, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Silver Flat Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Horse Transfer Station Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Horse Transfer Station Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Granite Flat Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt22% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 76°F54°
Precip1%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity27%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
76°54°
Sun
70°53°
56%
Mon
63°48°
60%
Tue
72°50°
Wed
79°57°
Thu
77°56°
26%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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