Brigham City to Honeyville bike route, 20 miles

The old Honeyville Elementary School

I was visiting my parents in Brigham this week and decided to take a ride to Honeyville. I haven't been there in years. It's a small town (smaller than Brigham), but I had some friends who lived out there when I was younger.

Llama sighting, best part of the ride

I took Main Street, but I might recommend either 300 West or 200 East as a route through town with less traffic. Main Street will turn into Highway 69 around 900 North.

Downtown Honeyville

It's a straight shot to "downtown" Honeyville. I was going to ride all the way to Crystal Springs (an tiny, old water park) but they were re-tarring the road just past "downtown" so I opted to head back from there.

Historical marker for Call's Fort

The route is basically flat. At most there's a 200 foot change in elevation from the highest to lowest points.

View of Brigham (in the distance)

For link to route map:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2987033

Safety

There's not a very big shoulder on the road. Also there are some big trucks that are carrying rocks or sand from a landfill.

I went when it was pretty hot too. Not too much shade. Bring enough water and wear sunblock.

Shingle Creek Trail, Uinta's

Location of trail head:
It's about 10miles up the Mirror Lake Highway from Kamas, on the north side of the road.

Approximate GPS coordinates (if I zoomed in on Google Earth correctly) are:
40 deg 36'39.72"N 111 deg 07'27.53"W (elevation 7601 ft)

My group hiked up about 3 or 4 miles with our packs then made camp. Then we continued up to East Shingle Creek Lake, about another 4 miles.

The beginner group (never been camping/backpacking before ever) went back for naps and a few of us decided to go to the peak of a nearby mountain. Not sure on that distance. I believe the elevation was 10850ish ft. (GPS: 40 deg 40'41.67"N 111 deg 03'40.44" W) The view was worth the work. It was also fun to slide back down some of the slopes on the snow.

There were a lot of wildflowers blooming, which I enjoyed.

Safety

The trail was muddy in a few spots thanks to a rainy spring. No complaints, I love the green. There was also a creek we had to cross that covered the trail. It went almost up to my knees in the deepest part I was in.

It got quite cold, quite fast, once the sun went down. Nothing a couple of layers couldn't help though.

We made a really yummy dinner though. Pasta with sauteed vegis and pesto. Mmmmmm.