The First Bridge, Rock Canyon, Utah

There are five numbered bridges over the Rock Canyon Creek if you don't count the one at the mouth of the canyon that crosses the creek to the Shoreline Trail. This photo is bridge #1. In the Summer, the water in the creek only runs down the canyon to about this location so crossing the creek without a bridge would not be much of a problem, but in the Spring, there can be a lot of water and it would be moderately dangerous to try a crossing. Some of the bridges are more elaborate. The bridges have become goals for hiking up the canyon. The complete hike to the Rock Canyon Campground is about 5.5 miles up and back from the mouth of the canyon. You gain about 1,700 feet in elevation if you go all the way to the campground. The trail is heavily used on weekends when the weather is good.