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Council signals consensus on proposed names for new Mueller Park and Holbrook Canyon trails
Summary
At a June 24 Bountiful City Council work session, councilmembers gave staff informal consensus on prioritized names for several new and existing trails in Mueller Park and Holbrook Canyon and asked staff to submit the lists to the U.S. Forest Service for approval.
Bountiful City Council members at a June 24 work session signaled informal consensus on proposed names for multiple trails in Mueller Park and Holbrook Canyon and directed staff to send prioritized name lists to the U.S. Forest Service for final approval.
A staff member summarized the packet of proposed names and said the Forest Service already approved some selections: “Trail 306... we’ve proposed Big Rock, and Forest Service is okay with that,” the staff member said. Councilmembers discussed options for hiking-only, downhill-only and multiuse routes before giving direction to staff.
The names under active consideration and the council’s stated preferences included: Trail 306 (hiking-only to Elephant Rock) — Big Rock; Trails 307 and 406 — Peregrine (the staff summary said those are already OK with the Forest Service); downhill-only mountain-bike route 304/305 — first choice Elephant Descent with Treefall as a backup; Veil 404 — Maple Glow with Maple Line as a backup; combined connector 405/409 — Gobbler’s Gap with Rock Spine as a backup; Trail 501 (Holbrook Canyon connector to the Bountiful Shoreline Trail) — Kinglet with Holbrook Overlook as a backup; and Trail 502B — Wildflower Ridge with Pyrite Ridge/Fool’s Gold variants discussed as alternates.
Council discussion mixed practical naming guidance and local history. One unnamed councilmember said, “I’m fine with Big Rock,” when the hiking-only Trail 306 name was raised. Another councilmember described Elephant Rock as an “iconic” local landmark and supported keeping an elephant reference in downhill-trail names while several councilmembers expressed concern about names that could be interpreted as overly playful or unclear to the Forest Service.
Staff told the council that the trails advisory committee had produced the lists and that staff had checked Forest Service naming standards; they also said the Bell and Green families had been consulted and that the Bell family expressed no objection while the Green family proposed alternate names that staff had included for consideration. Staff described some trails by user type: Trail 306 as hiking-only; 304/305 as downhill mountain-biking (user-specific/downhill); many others as multiuse, bidirectional connectors.
Councilmembers emphasized sequencing for submittal: provide a primary name plus backups for each trail so staff can send an ordered list to the U.S. Forest Service if the first choice is not approved. The staff member said they would carry the council’s prioritized lists and feedback to the Forest Service and return with the agency’s determinations.
The discussion concluded without a formal vote; the council’s direction was recorded as an informal consensus during the work session and staff will proceed with submission to the U.S. Forest Service for review.
