Thorpe Flats
8.6 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Thorpe Flats is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Topliff, UT. It climbs 480 ft. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Thorpe Flats
8.6 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 5,217–5,546 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.22354, -112.20895
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Thorpe Flats, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Thorpe Flats, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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
- Jairus Road & Ohv Road Loop 3 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Thorpe Flats 7.2 mi · ▲ 328 ft
- Origin Road 8.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Origin Road Loop 10.3 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Sunshine Canyon Road & Winter Solstice Road 10.4 mi · ▲ 809 ft
- Thorpe Flats 11.5 mi · ▲ 857 ft
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