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Sundance Trail to Dark Canyon route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Utah

Sundance Trail to Dark Canyon

Blanding, Utah

9.1 mi

Distance

2,392 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 59m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Sundance Trail to Dark Canyon unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,239 ft
Max:1,727 ft
Gain:729 ft
Loss:729 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,239 ft and 1,727 ft across 9.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,239 ft1,402 ft1,564 ft1,727 ft0.0 mi2.3 mi4.5 mi6.8 mi9.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,720 ft
High point0.2 mi1,727 ft
End9.1 mi1,720 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

County:
San Juan County, UT

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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