In January 1849 a group entered Utah Valley on an Indian trading expedition and camped along the stream banks near Springville. That night, the bell-horse slipped her hobbles and led the horse band to the mouth of Maple Canyon, where they were recovered. After tracking them down, the stream was named Hobble Creek.
The trail: Beginning at Hobble Creek Reservoir, a wide, paved path heads east into the oak with a gentle climb. The creek is refreshing to hear through the brush as you soon approach a bridge, which crosses Hobble Creek to the south. Before turning to the left, the path crosses a cement slab over a concrete irrigation ditch. Crickets chirp loudly and birds sing in the trees. Vegetation is incredible: Oak, sagebrush, milkweed, bladderwort, penstemon, sego lily, fir, cliffrose, river birch, maple, lupine, showy daisy, chokecherry, buttercup, wild carrot, cottonwood, Oregon grape, wild rose.The smells along the ride are unforgetable.
