Dry Canyon Trail–Soldier Bench Trail, 3 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 3,461 ft · 6 hr 34 min
Dry Canyon Trail–Soldier Bench Trail, 3 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back near Independence, UT. It climbs 3,461 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Dry Canyon Trail–Soldier Bench Trail, 3 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 3,461 ft · 6 hr 34 min
Elevation 6,863–8,511 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wardsworth Road · 40.26896, -111.33931
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 48° · precip 1% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start on Wardsworth Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 2.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Dispersed Site Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.8 miReach Wardsworth Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Dry Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Wardsworth Road, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:29 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from Wardsworth Road Trailhead
- Point 7523 & Wardsworth Road 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,106 ft
- Alvord Overlook & Wardsworth Road 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,133 ft
- Dry Canyon Cutoff #1 Trail–Wardsworth Canyon Trail, 3 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,684 ft
- Dry Canyon Cutoff #2 Trail & Wardsworth Road 15 mi · ▲ 3,046 ft
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