Ogden River Parkway Upper Section

The Ogden River Parkway is a 4.4 mile paved pathway that follows the Ogden River from the mouth of Ogden Canyon down to almost i15. It’s super easy to do because it is paved. Landis’ mom wanted to get out with us today so we thought this would be a good option. Last year we did from Lorin Far Park to Washington Blvd. So this time we thought we go up and see if we could make it to the mouth of the canyon like we did when we first met.

There are multiple trail heads and other areas to access this trail. We parked at Lorin Farr Park and hiked up from there.

***Disclaimer*** Post written in 2017. I don’t know why I never posted this adventure before but this is the 2nd time I have tried to reference it so, I am writing it up from memory.

Nice shot of the Ogden River.

Ducks.

A short section of the trail is along Park Blvd, but it’s not too long.

Cool artwork in a tunnel going under Monroe Blvd.

Mountain peaks and fall color.

The river splitting around an island.

Some great fall color.

The river and some remaining color.

Nice place to sit. Ogden Botanical Gardens.

Going under Harrison Blvd.

Big Dee Sports Park.

With Mount Ogden and Ogden Canyon.

This one to show the nice paved path, and just how popular this part of the trail is.

The trail continues for another mile to Rainbow Gardens at the mouth of Ogden Canyon. But, mah was getting tired, so we decided to head back.

We did about .7 miles to the park.

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The Ogden River

Fall colors along the path.

And along the river.

Ogden Botanical Gardens.

Tunnel under Monroe Blvd. again.

Mount Ogden.

Back to the bridge over the water by Lorin Farr Park.

That was a nice little stroll. I don’t know why I didn’t post it originally. Maybe because it was such a short trek, and more of a walk than a hike. I don’t know. But, here we go. The fall color was nice, the river was nice. My only complaint is the wires got in the way of some of the photos I wanted to take, but I don’t know if that can be fixed or not. We did about .7 miles 1.4 total but that can be increased to 1.7 miles, or 3.4 total. 7 out of 10 squirrels.