Taylor Creek

Difficulty: Moderate

Elevation Gain/Loss: 450 feet / 137 meter gain

Average Hiking Time: 2 to 4 hours round trip

Distance: 5 miles / 8 km

Trailhead Location: Kolob Canyons (off Interstate 15), Middle Fork Trailhead

Optimal Time to Hike: Generally February through November; an excellent shaded hike in the summer months

Experience: The Taylor Creek Trail is seldom crowded and has an immediate wilderness feel. Meander across the low flow of Taylor Creek in the middle of three finger canyons of Kolob Canyons. Enchanting, child friendly, adorned with drastic contrasts of green vegetation and brilliant orange walls, ultimately ending in Double Arch Alcove. These stacked, “blind arches” are painted with nature’s minerals in blacks, whites, yellows, greens, and reds. Excellent fall color. Finish with sunset at Timber Creek Overlook where the light on Paria Point explodes in reds and oranges.