South Loop Trail via Parley's Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Parley's Historic Nature Park near Yuma View, UT. It climbs 601 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,492 – 4,794 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.71834, -111.83347
Nearest town Yuma View, UT
Directions
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South Loop Trail via Parley's Trail
5 mi · ▲ 601 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 4,491–4,794 ft
Out & Back · Parley's Historic Nature Park
Trailhead: 40.71834, -111.83347
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 89°F / low 71° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: 2700 S @ 1959 E stop 630 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Parley's Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach South Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
67% paved11% dirt22% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 89°F71°
Feels like78°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity17%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°70°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat
88°70°
Sun
82°65°
34%
Mon
71°61°
63%
Tue
80°59°
Wed
90°65°
Thu
81°65°
26%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: 2700 S @ 1959 E stop 630 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Parley's Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Parley's Trail 4 mi · ▲ 437 ft
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