Legacy Parkway: Center Street TH To Serpentine Bridge

Legacy Parkway is a 14 mile paved trail that goes from Farmington down through Bountiful and North Salt Lake. We’ve done parts of it at various times. Last time we did where the trail continues from The Jordan River Parkway in Salt Lake County to the Center Street Trail Head. So today I thought we would continue where we left off.

View from the serpentine bridge.

Quick Details:

Length: 3.5 Out and back. Or you can make a loop by taking the Legacy Nature Trail back. Or even keep going if you want.
Difficulty: DR2. Flat, paved. Super easy.
Elevation Gain: NA. I imagine you climb 20 feet or so on the serpentine bridge.
Restroom: Not at the Center St TH but there is one at the park
Dogs? Yes. Leash required.

To Get Here:

Take Center Street in North Salt Lake west to Foxboro Dr. If you go over Legacy Parkway you went to far. Head north and take the very first left to the Center Street TH.

If you are coming from the west, then it will be just after crossing over Legacy Parkway.

The Trail:

The Center Street Trailhead.

Legacy Nature Preserve Sign.

The paved pathway. It looks really icy but it actually wasn’t. Couple a slick spots, but not too bad.

Confirmation pets are allowed.

This segment of trail is pretty much right next to the Legacy Highway.

There is a lot of hill to help obscure it though.

It’s far enough from the backyards here that I don’t feel like I’m intruding at all.

Antelope Island out west.

When we did the southern segment, we learned the Center Street Trail Head is just past the 1 mile marker (the mileage starts at the south end). So, your mileage from there will be minus 1 mile, and add about 15-20 steps. In other words we have gone just short of a half mile here.

Little open area between neighborhoods where the canal drains further west.

Little bridge across the canal.

The school is set back enough that you can get a glimpse of the mountains.

I took this picture for the low hanging clouds, but I noticed the portables. I get older school having portables, but this school can’t be more than 10 years old… why does it need temporary buildings? Why didn’t they just make it a little bigger?

Mile marker 2 (so we have gone just short of a mile at this point).

Panoramic of Antelope Island.

Before long we can see the serpentine bridge.

Legacy Park. This was my original destination as it is just about 1.5 miles from the TH, but after seeing how close the serpentine Bridge was we decided to keep going.

I have never seen a park flat out ban dogs. That is kind of odd, but I guess good to know. If you brought your furry friends, stay on the parkway.

Another nice view of the mountains.

I guess I would have had to go about halfway though the park to get my 1.5 miles in.

The serpentine bridge.

Crossing into woods Cross.

The 2425 S. TH is at the north edge of the park and just south of the bridge if you want a shortcut to it.

Heading up. We’ve been here before, but it’s been a good couple years.

I got really excited thinking we saw another owl so I pulled out the telephoto lens and… decoy owl Doh!. Well, I don’t know if it works on other birds, but it worked on me for a minute.

Mountains again.

The bridge. When this first opened they advertised it as a great viewpoint, noting even just a little height provides a great view in these flat lands. While, it certainly does, it is kind of a pain to get it through the mesh sides. It would have been cooler if they added some peep holes.

View to the north.

View to the south.

Antelope Island to the west.

The down ramp. We decided not to go down. However, I kind of wish I had because I discovered we could have made a loop by following the Legacy Nature Trail on the west side of the Legacy Highway back. It would have added a tenth of a mile or so, but not too much more.

Kind of hard to see, but we did see a hawk.

Well, we had our fun, went a little further than planned even, but decided it was time to head on back.

Last light on the mountains.

Heading back down the east ramp.

Pretty nice sunset.

Heading back.

Sunset again.

Leaf trapped under ice.

Frozen footsteps.

The path again.

We decided to wander over to the bridge where we found some duckies.

The little open space again. I’m still trying to figure out what creek this is.

The Center Street Bridge. Getting close to the trailhead.

This is one of my favorite things about this trail. Because it is paved, and flat, we cover a lot more ground a lot faster than expected.

More foot and paw prints.

Back to the trailhead with a nice view of the mountains.

If it weren’t for the serpentine bridge this would have been a complete, meh for me. This section really doesn’t offer much in the way of sights, or wildlife. The bridge is neat, but they 2425 S. Trailhead is a lot closer. Like I said last time, this trail is probably a better biking path than it is a walking path, but I am still enjoying slowly working my way up it. Maybe we’ll finish it this winter, maybe not. Going with 4 squirrels for this segment.

As for difficulty, It is paved and flat. Super easy going. DR2.

Dogs are allowed, leashed. Please clean up after your furry friend.