Thorpe Flats Loop
4.3 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Thorpe Flats Loop is a 4.3-mile loop near Topliff, UT. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Thorpe Flats Loop
4.3 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 5,247–5,418 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 40.22320, -112.18996
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Thorpe Flats, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:25 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Origin Road Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Thorpe Flats 3.6 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Thorpe Flats Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Thorpe Flats 4.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Thorpe Flats Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Origin Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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