Sawmill Springs, Water Canyon, Hildale, Utah

4.3

(127 reviews)

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You can gather water at Hildale’s City Park…near base of the canyon…where the community has tapped the spring water. There’s taps with levers to turn on the flow. If you want to hike to the source…you can do that also…a couple mile hike..but beautiful. The flow is continuous at the spring itself and flowing year round At the park…there are levers… to turn on the flow https://www.zionnational-park.com/zion-canaan-mountain.htm

There is water riddled throughout Caanan Mountain and the surrounding National Park area…if you hike the trails you’ll find springs popping up everywhere…feeding the abundant wildlife. Sawmill Springs is just the main one.

Additional info here.

Nearest Address

Hildale is located on Arizona Highway 389 between Fredonia, Arizona and Hurricane, Utah. Hildale is a polygamist settlement at the southern base of Canaan Mountain that encompass the small towns of Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah. The two towns are really one community, but the state line runs through them, dividing them. The population is just under 2000. Trailhead – Hildale, Arizona is located just off AZ Highway 389 between Hurricane, Utah and Fredonia, Arizona. From the highway, enter Hildale using Utah Avenue. Follow the paved road for about 3-miles, looking for the dirt road on the right that leads to Water Canyon. If you see Hildale’s city park then you have missed the road to Water Canyon. There is an intersection a little more than a half-mile up the dirt road. Stay left at the intersection. There is a small reservoir about 2 miles up the road. Continue to the end of the road where there is an unsigned parking area for the Water Canyon Trail.

Directions from Nearest Address

Trailhead – Hildale, Arizona is located just off AZ Highway 389 between Hurricane, Utah and Fredonia, Arizona. From the highway, enter Hildale using Utah Avenue. Follow the paved road for about 3-miles, looking for the dirt road on the right that leads to Water Canyon. If you see Hildale’s city park then you have missed the road to Water Canyon. There is an intersection a little more than a half-mile up the dirt road. Stay left at the intersection. There is a small reservoir about 2 miles up the road. Continue to the end of the road where there is an unsigned parking area for the Water Canyon Trail. https://www.zionnational-park.com/zion-canaan-mountain.htm

Vital Information

  • Fee: None. Gates are sometimes closed to the park on weekends…..it varies.
  • Access: Public
  • Flow: Continuous
  • TDS: 42
  • Temp: 50 F
  • pH: 7.5

Hours Spring is Open:

The spring/hike is open all the time. Paved Dirt Road. The Hildale community park’s gates, where the taps are….is sometimes closed on the weekends.

GPS:

Parking in Water Canyon 37°02.269 N

Map Link: Sawmill Springs Map

Submitted by: Jake

GPS Coordinates

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