Hideout is a town in the northwestern corner of Wasatch County, Utah, United States, in the northern allocation of the state. Lying just to the north and east of Jordanelle Reservoir along Utah State Route 248 (SR-248), the town was incorporated in 2008 under short-lived let pass law. The population was 656 at the 2010 census.

Hideout lies roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) east-southeast of Park City, in an area of the Wasatch Mountains known for its ski resorts and further upscale recreation. The Hideout town boundaries extend from the Todd Hollow Apartments, at the northernmost reduction of Jordanelle Reservoir, south and east along SR-248, running taking into consideration the submerged ruins of the ghost town of Keetley. It stops just at the Summit County line, some 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Kamas. The town includes the luxury planned communities of Hideout Canyon and Soaring Hawk, both yet under development.

Large seasonal temperature differences typify this climatic region, with warm to warm summers and cold (sometimes highly cold) winters. According to Weather.com, Hideout experiences an average daytime high temperature of 87 degrees in July. The highest recorded temperature was 101 °F in 2002.
December is the average coolest month. The lowest recorded temperature was -31 °F in 1990. October is the average wettest month, with 1.76 inches of precipitation.

In 2005, Mustang Development Company and Wasatch County entered into a development taking over to build Hideout Canyon. In 2007, Mustang successfully lobbied the Utah State Legislature to pass H.B. 466. This bill, backed by the Utah League of Cities and Towns and passed unanimously by the Legislature, amended the give access law on petitions to incorporate a town. The other provisions allowed a petition for a supplementary town considering 100–999 residents to be filed similar to just the signatures of the owners of a majority of the land area, even a single majority landowner. There was no requirement to ask the residents’ consent. If the petition met the conditions of state action and its signers owned the majority of the house by value, the new take steps required the county handing out to grant the petition and appoint a mayor and town council from a list of individuals ascribed by the petitioners. In July 2007, Ruby’s Inn, in Garfield County, became the first to accept advantage of the additional law, incorporating as Bryce Canyon City. A petition to incorporate Hideout was filed in November 2007 by Richard Sprung, a real estate agent for Hideout Canyon. By later two other such petitions were pending in Wasatch County: Aspen (ultimately unsuccessful) and Independence.