Bike Trail Updates
including 54 photos
including 54 photos
(Last update May 2020)
Update - It is now possible to ride from the mouth of Ogden Canyon along the Ogden River Parkway, all the way south to Utah Lake at Saratoga Springs. There are no more detours from the trail. The one between North Temple to I-80 in Salt Lake City has now been completed with a skybridge over the railyards, and the one in Bluffdale from 146th going south is all finished now. Also a new trail is being added between the Ogden/Weber River Trail over to the Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail. More on that below:
Of course there will still be other detours due to repairs and unseen events at different times. See info below for best ways through.
Ogden/Weber River Trail: One can ride this trail along the Ogden River from the mouth of Ogden Canyon west to where it meets the Weber River, then south all the way though Riverdale. Since I started riding in 2008, there have been a number of trail improvements, additions, repairs and so on. For one, A bridge over the Ogden River close to Ogden Canyon was added, and a tunnel under SR-39 to connect the trail to the north bound Bonneville Trail.
From the confluence of the Ogden and Weber rivers there is a trail going west that did end at the I-15 Freeway, but in 2012 more paved trail was added extending it to 1900 West and 1350 South. That has been extend on west another mile. You will find that section on the south side of the Ogden River bridge. This trail ended at 1800 South, but is now being extended on south to connect with the Rail Trail at Hinckley Drive. Most of it is now finished, but so far it's unmarked and hard to follow.
Also a new trail section was completed below the 24th street viaduct in Ogden, going under a rail line there to get to Fort Buenaventura.
South of there a new trail connects from Ogden to Riverdale, making it usable by building underpasses below railroad tracks at each end.
In the lower parts of Ogden, they are now developing River Parks along the river. The existing trail was ripped out for this, but has all been repaved now, though the parks still have a lot of work before being finished.
Ogden Valley: The trail between Eden and Huntsville is all paved now. This is nice, we don't have to ride that narrow road with high traffic anymore.
Denver & Rio Grande Rail Trail: All of this trail has been paved and is open now. On the north end it starts under Hinckley Drive, the north side of Roy, and going south it ends at where it joins the Legacy Trail. You can also cross to the Legacy trail by crossing over on the Farmington Creek Trail, which you can use to cross over to Tippetts Lane, then east by a short sidewalk along the south side of the State Street overpass. CLICK for Legacy Connection Map
Finished:The 3 mile section of the Rail Trail south of Farmington Creek is now paved. One can ride all the way through to West Bountiful, by staying on the Prospector Trail to the south end. From the north side of Roy City to West Bountiful is 25 miles of paved trail.
Connection from the Denver & Rio Grande Rail Trail over to the Ogden and Weber River trails:
See new Update below for more on this: Here is the way we have been doing it:
The north end of the Rail Trail ends below Hinckley Drive. There is a short trail going west that puts you on Hinckley Drive. You can ride to the east past the Ogden Airport where Hinckley Drive becomes 31st Street, and after crossing the river turn right onto Parker Drive. Just after crossing the river again look on the left for the trailhead parking and the Riverdale Trail. This is at the north end of Riverdale. This method involves Steep hills either way.
Another way is to turn left on Hinckley Drive and go west to Midland Drive, turn right and follow it to 1900 West, go north until you cross the river, about 2 miles. On the west side of 1900 W. at 1350 S, is a trail that runs east and joins the Ogden and Weber Rivers at the junction were they come together. You can ride north and east along the Ogden River, or south along the Weber River.
CLICK for Ogden Connection Map
New UpdateThere is a trail under construction from the end of the Rivers Trail in West Haven at 1800 South, that goes south to connect with the Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail at Hinckley Drive. Most of this trail is finished as of May of 2020, but it is un-signed so far and very hard to follow. It doesn't go straight through, but where ever land owners would allow. This requires riding short distance on streets occasionally to reach different parts of the trail. CLICK for Ogden Connection Map
Legacy to Jordan River Connection: In 2010 the north half of the trail was paved to connect Legacy Trail to the Jordan Trail, leaving one mile to go. In the fall of 2011 the rest of the trail was paved and in February of 2012 the boardwalk was finished and opened. You can ride all the way through now.
Jordan River Trail: Along the Jordan River, a tunnel has been added below I-80 east/west in Salt Lake City, but the trail under the tracks between North Temple and I-80 is only being talked about. Update There is now a skyway bridge above the tracks. All the trail is completed along the Jordan River.
At about 22nd South, a tunnel has been installed below the new Light Rail into West Valley.
There is a new underpass below the Light Rail into West Jordan at about 75th South.
Over at 114th South, a new bridge to extend 114th to the west has been finished, with a pedestrian bridge placed alongside of it. The trail is now paved through there.
South of 123 South, the trail was torn up to install new water lines. It is now paved again and open.
Finished - There was no trail between 85th South and 7th west over to 90th South. You had to ride 7th West over to 90th. Now about a half mile south of 78th South there is a new bridge back over to the west side of the river, and a new trail running south to 90th, with a tunnel under 90th. The trail runs east to the main trail at River Woods Golf Course.
Jordan River Narrows Trail: There was a trail starting out above the narrows that led south to Utah Lake, but it didn't go north to connect with the rest of the Jordan River Trail. We have been waiting for a trail to be put through from 146th South to the Jordan Narrows Trail Head for a long time. That is all completed now.
Finished - The connections through the Jordan River Narrows is finished. Most was paved by spring of 2016, the rest in the fall of 2017. I was told that the holdup was due to property owners refusing to allow a trail though their land. Now the county has put a major culinary water line though that area, and placed the trail in along with it. See map below for trail details.
CLICK for map of Jordan Narrows Trail
Down south of the Jordan Narrows, the trail under Pioneer Crossing is finished and open, and so is the trail under the divided highway 2100 North, (Mountain View Corridor). That is all finished and paved now.
Murdock Canal Trail: This trail is all finished from just west of the Freeway in Thanksgiving Point, over to the Mouth of Provo Canyon where it joins with the Provo River Trail.
Just below the golf clubhouse at Thanksgiving Point along the Jordan River Trail, is a connection trail going east that will get you to the Murdock Canal Trail. Follow it up to the street, go north to the bridge over the tracks, then east on the sidewalk to where the street goes under the freeway. The Murdock Trail begins there.
Check my trail ride pages to find more details about getting though any of these areas.
All trails: There will always be sections of the trail closed for one thing or another. When you consider the length of these trails, something will always be going on.
Then there is the problem of river flooding in the spring. Many of the underpasses below streets and railroad lines will be flooded. You must find ways to detour around these in the spring. Some are easy, requiring crossing the street above, but others require long detours along city streets to get around.
Of course there will still be other detours due to repairs and unseen events at different times. See info below for best ways through.
Ogden/Weber River Trail: One can ride this trail along the Ogden River from the mouth of Ogden Canyon west to where it meets the Weber River, then south all the way though Riverdale. Since I started riding in 2008, there have been a number of trail improvements, additions, repairs and so on. For one, A bridge over the Ogden River close to Ogden Canyon was added, and a tunnel under SR-39 to connect the trail to the north bound Bonneville Trail.
From the confluence of the Ogden and Weber rivers there is a trail going west that did end at the I-15 Freeway, but in 2012 more paved trail was added extending it to 1900 West and 1350 South. That has been extend on west another mile. You will find that section on the south side of the Ogden River bridge. This trail ended at 1800 South, but is now being extended on south to connect with the Rail Trail at Hinckley Drive. Most of it is now finished, but so far it's unmarked and hard to follow.
Also a new trail section was completed below the 24th street viaduct in Ogden, going under a rail line there to get to Fort Buenaventura.
South of there a new trail connects from Ogden to Riverdale, making it usable by building underpasses below railroad tracks at each end.
In the lower parts of Ogden, they are now developing River Parks along the river. The existing trail was ripped out for this, but has all been repaved now, though the parks still have a lot of work before being finished.
Ogden Valley: The trail between Eden and Huntsville is all paved now. This is nice, we don't have to ride that narrow road with high traffic anymore.
Denver & Rio Grande Rail Trail: All of this trail has been paved and is open now. On the north end it starts under Hinckley Drive, the north side of Roy, and going south it ends at where it joins the Legacy Trail. You can also cross to the Legacy trail by crossing over on the Farmington Creek Trail, which you can use to cross over to Tippetts Lane, then east by a short sidewalk along the south side of the State Street overpass. CLICK for Legacy Connection Map
Finished:The 3 mile section of the Rail Trail south of Farmington Creek is now paved. One can ride all the way through to West Bountiful, by staying on the Prospector Trail to the south end. From the north side of Roy City to West Bountiful is 25 miles of paved trail.
Connection from the Denver & Rio Grande Rail Trail over to the Ogden and Weber River trails:
See new Update below for more on this: Here is the way we have been doing it:
The north end of the Rail Trail ends below Hinckley Drive. There is a short trail going west that puts you on Hinckley Drive. You can ride to the east past the Ogden Airport where Hinckley Drive becomes 31st Street, and after crossing the river turn right onto Parker Drive. Just after crossing the river again look on the left for the trailhead parking and the Riverdale Trail. This is at the north end of Riverdale. This method involves Steep hills either way.
Another way is to turn left on Hinckley Drive and go west to Midland Drive, turn right and follow it to 1900 West, go north until you cross the river, about 2 miles. On the west side of 1900 W. at 1350 S, is a trail that runs east and joins the Ogden and Weber Rivers at the junction were they come together. You can ride north and east along the Ogden River, or south along the Weber River.
CLICK for Ogden Connection Map
New UpdateThere is a trail under construction from the end of the Rivers Trail in West Haven at 1800 South, that goes south to connect with the Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail at Hinckley Drive. Most of this trail is finished as of May of 2020, but it is un-signed so far and very hard to follow. It doesn't go straight through, but where ever land owners would allow. This requires riding short distance on streets occasionally to reach different parts of the trail. CLICK for Ogden Connection Map
Legacy to Jordan River Connection: In 2010 the north half of the trail was paved to connect Legacy Trail to the Jordan Trail, leaving one mile to go. In the fall of 2011 the rest of the trail was paved and in February of 2012 the boardwalk was finished and opened. You can ride all the way through now.
Jordan River Trail: Along the Jordan River, a tunnel has been added below I-80 east/west in Salt Lake City, but the trail under the tracks between North Temple and I-80 is only being talked about. Update There is now a skyway bridge above the tracks. All the trail is completed along the Jordan River.
At about 22nd South, a tunnel has been installed below the new Light Rail into West Valley.
There is a new underpass below the Light Rail into West Jordan at about 75th South.
Over at 114th South, a new bridge to extend 114th to the west has been finished, with a pedestrian bridge placed alongside of it. The trail is now paved through there.
South of 123 South, the trail was torn up to install new water lines. It is now paved again and open.
Finished - There was no trail between 85th South and 7th west over to 90th South. You had to ride 7th West over to 90th. Now about a half mile south of 78th South there is a new bridge back over to the west side of the river, and a new trail running south to 90th, with a tunnel under 90th. The trail runs east to the main trail at River Woods Golf Course.
Jordan River Narrows Trail: There was a trail starting out above the narrows that led south to Utah Lake, but it didn't go north to connect with the rest of the Jordan River Trail. We have been waiting for a trail to be put through from 146th South to the Jordan Narrows Trail Head for a long time. That is all completed now.
Finished - The connections through the Jordan River Narrows is finished. Most was paved by spring of 2016, the rest in the fall of 2017. I was told that the holdup was due to property owners refusing to allow a trail though their land. Now the county has put a major culinary water line though that area, and placed the trail in along with it. See map below for trail details.
CLICK for map of Jordan Narrows Trail
Down south of the Jordan Narrows, the trail under Pioneer Crossing is finished and open, and so is the trail under the divided highway 2100 North, (Mountain View Corridor). That is all finished and paved now.
Murdock Canal Trail: This trail is all finished from just west of the Freeway in Thanksgiving Point, over to the Mouth of Provo Canyon where it joins with the Provo River Trail.
Just below the golf clubhouse at Thanksgiving Point along the Jordan River Trail, is a connection trail going east that will get you to the Murdock Canal Trail. Follow it up to the street, go north to the bridge over the tracks, then east on the sidewalk to where the street goes under the freeway. The Murdock Trail begins there.
Check my trail ride pages to find more details about getting though any of these areas.
All trails: There will always be sections of the trail closed for one thing or another. When you consider the length of these trails, something will always be going on.
Then there is the problem of river flooding in the spring. Many of the underpasses below streets and railroad lines will be flooded. You must find ways to detour around these in the spring. Some are easy, requiring crossing the street above, but others require long detours along city streets to get around.
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