Canyon View Park Maps
June 10th, 2010
RACE LOCATION OF TNT RACES: CANYON VIEW PARK
(MAP OF SUBWAY RACES WILL BE ADDED LATER)
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1 Mile up Provo Canyon from 800 N and University Ave in Orem up East Provo Canyon Road (US-189). Mapquest.com will not recognize this location, but if you type in just the city “Christmas City, UT,” it will take you just 200 M (600 ft) from the entrance. It is on the north side of the road, across the road from Christmas City. It is the first park up the canyon. “Canyon View Park” is written above the entrance to the parking lot. If you are coming from Orem/Provo, it will be on your left side. There will be a left-hand turn lane in the middle of Provo Canyon Rd for you to use. Be careful turning into the park because the oncoming traffic speed limit is about 50 mph.
COURSE MAP: Click each map below to see larger or
click here for an interactive map
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Orem is centrally located in Utah, not far from Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Colorado.
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Orem is only about 45 minutes south of Salt Lake City.
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.US-189, Provo Canyon Rd, connects Orem to Deer Creek Reservoir and Heber through Provo Canyon.
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Provo Canyon is between Mount Timpanogos and Squaw Peak.
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800 N is the closest freeway exit from I-15 and turns into US-189.
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The race starts 1 mile up the Canyon and goes uphill the first half, then turns around.
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800 N in Orem and University Ave in Provo merge into US-189, Provo Canyon Rd, at the mouth of Provo Canyon.
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This map has blue placemarks at the start and finish (far left), Mile 1, , and the turn around. The turn-around is near . This will be one of the most beautiful races you have ever done! Spectators can watch runners start at Canyon View Park, then drive to Canyon Glen Park to see the mid-section of the race, and then come back to Canyon View Park to see the finish, or just stay at Canyon View Park to see the start and finish.
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The 10K is on an asphalt running, walking, and biking trail and closed to motorized traffic providing cleaner air and more safety, but the trail crosses over the Mt. Timpanogos Park parking lot entrance in the first quarter mile, so be careful at that one intersection for cars. Stay in the south lane (the lane closest to the river), the pedestrian lane, passing other oncoming runners on the right, and passing slower runners and walkers going the same direction on the left, as when driving. Bikers often pass by without warning at high speeds coming around blind corners, so be careful around corners and stay in the pedestrian lane as much as possible. Occasionally runners, walkers, and bikers like to go up and down the trail together, which can make up to 8 lanes of traffic, which makes passing difficult and dangerous, since the trail was only designed for 2 lanes of biking traffic (divided by white dashes) and 1 lane of pedestrian traffic (separated from bike lanes by a solid yellow line). Please run single file to prevent the congestion of the trail. We are guests on the trail and need to share it with all other users, whether or not they are in the race. Do not cut the tangents. The course is measured only in the pedestrian lane. If we want to continue to have permission to use the trail, we must not interrupt the normal use of the trail.WINTER TRAIL USE:
There usually aren’t any bikers on the trail during snowy, cold months, so if there is ice or snow on the trail, please run in the areas that are cleared so that you don’t pack down snow, making it hard to remove later, and also to prevent your own slipping. Use caution and slow down to a speed that you are not going to slip on steep, icy, snowy parts of the course, especially sharp turns, such as near the finish.
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Canyon View Park (in the lower half of the picture) is just south of Timpanogos Park (just above it and to the left in the picture). The river and trail separate these two parks. Canyon View Park is closest to Canyon Road.
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This shows where you turn into the Canyon View Park parking lot. You come to a round-about and can park in either the East or West parking lots. The East lot, the bigger one, is closest to the largest pavilion where registration will take place unless another group has reserved it and comes (during reservation season March?-September), in which case we will be at one of the smaller pavilions. There are very nice, clean, and heated restrooms year-round with mirrors and stalls and a drinking fountain on the outside of it (near the west parking lot). In the event that the restroom is closed for occasional maintenance, the County usually provides a port-a-potty(s) available in the parking lot. There is a playground with a jungle gym and a volleyball sand pit and grass to play on (or snow during the winter). Pay close attention to children because there is no fence between the park and the 50 mph traffic on Canyon Rd or the river.
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