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This Is the Place Heritage Park

Watering Hole & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section

2 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 52 min

Watering Hole & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section is a 2-mile out-and-back in This Is the Place Heritage Park near University Village, UT. The route passes Watering Hole before reaching watering hole at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 395 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,918 – 5,187 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.75885, -111.81853
Nearest town University Village, UT
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Watering Hole & Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section

2 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 52 min

Elevation 4,918–5,186 ft

Out & Back · This Is the Place Heritage Park

Trailhead: 40.75885, -111.81853

Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 6:58 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Chipeta Way / Tabby Ln (NB) stop 488 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Bonneville Shoreline Trail - Mount Wire Section, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftPass watering hole.
  7. 50 ftReach Watering Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/watering-hole-out-back

Trail surface

48% dirt13% gravel3% paved36% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 87°F68°
Feels like80°Precip1%Wind15 mphUV7Humidity14%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat 86°67°
Sun 79°63° 35%
Mon 68°57° 63%
Tue 79°58°
Wed 87°64°
Thu 81°64° 25%

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 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Chipeta Way / Tabby Ln (NB) stop 488 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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