Hiking | Spanish Fork River Trail
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The Spanish Fork River Trail is a paved trail starting at the golf course and ending in the Spanish Fields neighborhood near I-15. There are also several spurs that connect to the sports park, the water park, the high school, the ballfields, and several neighborhoods. The trail is paved with asphalt and striped. Most major road crossings have underpasses. The trail roughly follows the Spanish Fork River and is very scenic and wooded along a large portion of the trail.Trail Condition: Class 1 (Trail is either paved or gravel. Navigation skills are not needed because there is only one trail or because there are signs. Elevation gains are gradual or there are stairs.)
Time: 1-3 hours
Length: 6.7 miles one way
Elevation Gain: 170 ft
Fees: None
Recommended Ages:
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Navigate to 40.079140, -111.594590.
Closest City or Region: Spanish Fork, Utah
Coordinates: 40.079140, -111.594590
By Jeremy Dye
Madi and I had originally planned to go ice skating for our date, but she wasn't feeling it. Instead she wanted to do some exercise outside. She thought it would be funny to have me ride her rollerblades around, so that's what she requested. She rode on her scooter. Originally we were going to just ride around the urban forest loop, but we decided to go for a half hour up the trail instead. After a half hour, we had gone almost as far as her record distance, and she wanted to keep going, so we ended up riding all the way to the golf course. By that point it was dark, so we called up Tara and asked her to come pick us up.
By Jeremy Dye
Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye,
In the evening, Tara and the kids went on a bike ride on the river trail. I didn't go with them because I wanted to finish disassembling the canoe trailer.
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye,
After church, we took a bike ride down the river trail to scope out potential geocache hiding spots for our upcoming ward activity. That took a little over an hour.
By Jeremy Dye
Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Becca Miller,
By Jeremy Dye
Cooper and I rode around on the River Trail for our date. We stopped at the Sports Pak and played on the playground. Then we rode home and took the car to get some hamburgers for dinner.
By Jeremy Dye
Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Cooper Dye, Arianne Dye, Miller Dye, Ondylyn Wagner, Killian Wagner, Calliope Wagner,
The summer crew hiked up to dripping rock and played around in the water.
By Jeremy Dye
Tara Dye, Ondylyn Wagner, Marci Parker, Others,
For their April moonlit hike, Tara and friends biked the river trail up to the Spanish Fork Reservoir and back.
By Jeremy Dye
Flow Rate: 875 (Spanish Fork at Castilla, UT)
Start Kayaking: 4:15 at Golf Course
End Kayaking: 5:15 at Urban Forest
I floated the Spanish Fork River by myself. I drove up to the golf course, carried my kayak along the River Trail to the river, floated the river down to the Urban Forest, carried my kayak home, hopped on my bike and biked the River Trail up to the golf course, and then drove home.
The Spanish Fork River was extremely high. It was flooding sections of the River Trail, and the current was very swift. I got knocked off my kayak 3 times from trees in the river. It was definitly too swift for me to do solo safely, but everything worked out. The biggest rapids were about 2 feet high.
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Spanish Fields 1st Ward Youth,
We "hiked" from the golf course to dripping rock.
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye, Anthony Dye, Arianne Dye, Miller Dye,
We biked the River Trail from our house to 1100 East. My bike wasn't working, so I rode a scooter. But Madi got too tired, so she hopped in Anthony's bike trailer with Miller. We folded up the scooter and put it on the bike trailer, and I rode Madi's bike for several miles. That night and the next day, my legs were pretty stiff.
By Jeremy Dye
Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye, Arianne Dye, Ondylyn Wagner,
Tara, kids, and extended family biked the Spanish Fork River Trail from our house about 3 miles up then turned around and biked back. The kids rode their own bikes to Main Street, then the adults toted them the rest of the way in bike trailers. They all had a blast.
No Drinking Water
Rivers and Streams
Marked Trails
Road Access is Paved
Access Road is 2WD Accessible
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