Thorpe Flats
8.5 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Thorpe Flats is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Topliff, UT. It climbs 630 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Thorpe Flats
8.5 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Elevation 5,157–5,396 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.23076, -112.18428
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Thorpe Flats, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 2.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 2.8 miSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Thorpe Flats 2.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Jairus Road Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Thorpe Flats 4 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Thorpe Flats 4.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Origin Road Loop 4.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Jairus Road & Ohv Road Loop 5.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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