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This is the Place Heritage Park

Skyline Trail East Viewpoint–Foothill Drive Trail, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Skyline Trail East Viewpoint–Foothill Drive Trail, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in This is the Place Heritage Park near University Village, UT. The route reaches Skyline Trail East Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,257 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,761 – 5,578 ft · steepest grade: 39%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.75605, -111.83219
Nearest town University Village, UT
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Skyline Trail East Viewpoint–Foothill Drive Trail, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 4,761–5,576 ft

Out & Back · This is the Place Heritage Park

Trailhead: 40.75605, -111.83219

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Wakara Way / Komas Drive (WB) stop 21 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Foothill Drive Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Foothill Dr. Trail, heading S.
  5. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.6 miSharp left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail East, heading E.
  18. 250 ftBear right onto Living Room Access, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Living Room Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail East, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Quarry Loop Trail, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Georges Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Quarry Loop Trail, heading NW.
  26. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail East, heading N.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Quarry Loop Trail, heading N.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail East, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miReach Skyline Trail East Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 0.3 miTurn left onto Quarry Loop Trail, heading NW.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail East, heading NW.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 100 ftTurn right onto Quarry Loop Trail, heading N.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  38. 350 ftTurn right onto Georges Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  39. 50 ftBear left onto Quarry Loop Trail, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  41. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  42. 0.1 miTurn left onto Skyline Trail East, heading N.
  43. 300 ftBear right onto Living Room Trail, heading N.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto Living Room Access, heading N.
  45. 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail East, heading N.
  46. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  47. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  48. 50 ftBear left onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading N.
  49. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  50. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  51. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  52. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  53. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  54. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  55. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  56. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  57. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  58. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  59. 50 ftBear right onto Foothill Dr. Trail, heading E.
  60. 250 ftBear right onto Foothill Drive Trail, heading E.
  61. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  62. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/skyline-trail-east-viewpoint-foothill-drive-trail-out-back-5-sights-8-km-7dce

Trail surface

43% dirt18% paved39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM — 10 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Wakara Way / Komas Drive (WB) stop 21 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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