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Utah · Hiking · Near Paradise
Temple Fork Road
- 4.1 mi
- round trip
- 859 ft
- climb
- 6,652 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Oct
- best months
Is Temple Fork Road open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Temple Fork Road is a moderate out-and-back hike in the Logan Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in northern Utah, managed by the Forest Service. The route is about 8 miles long, with a total elevation gain of 859 feet, and it starts at the Spawn Creek Trailhead. The trail rises from a low point of about 5,917 feet to a high of about 6,652 feet. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Laketown show July highs around 81°F with lows near 51°F, and September still runs in the low 70s. That station sits roughly 670 feet lower than the trail's high point, so temperatures on the ridge run cooler. The Great Western Trail - Utah and the Spawn Creek hike both lie about 0.1 mile from the trailhead. Climbers can find Utopia about 2.7 miles away and Wall of Colors about 3.1 miles away.
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Best time to go · May–Oct
Best time to visit Temple Fork Road
Best months: May–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 14°
8 wet · 7 snow
Feb
33° / 15°
7 wet · 6 snow
Mar
43° / 23°
8 wet · 5 snow
Apr
53° / 30°
8 wet · 3 snow
May
62° / 37°
8 wet · 1 snow
Jun
73° / 44°
5 wet
Jul
81° / 51°
4 wet
Aug
80° / 50°
5 wet
Sep
70° / 42°
5 wet
Oct
57° / 33°
6 wet · 1 snow
Nov
42° / 24°
7 wet · 4 snow
Dec
32° / 16°
8 wet · 6 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Laketown, UT, 13.3 mi away at 5,980 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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