Upper Pond & Cedar Hills Parkway
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Upper Pond & Cedar Hills Parkway is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Cedar Hills, UT. The route reaches Upper Pond. It climbs 1,003 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Pond & Cedar Hills Parkway
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 4,958–5,807 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Cedar Hills Parkway · 40.42051, -111.76130
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 1% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cedar Hills Parkway, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Upper Pond.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Upper Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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