Badlands–Daniels Park Regional Trail, 4 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Daniels Park near Castle Pines North, CO. It climbs 660 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,935 – 6,588 ft11.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wagon Trail 39.47463, -104.92221
Nearest town Castle Pines North, CO
Directions
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Badlands–Daniels Park Regional Trail, 4 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 660 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Elevation 5,934–6,589 ft
Out & Back · Daniels Park
Trailhead: Wagon Trail · 39.47463, -104.92221
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wagon Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Daniels Park Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto East/West Regional Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Buck Snort, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tenderfoot, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Badlands, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Huckleberry, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Badlands, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Wild West, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Daniels Park Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Badlands, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Huckleberry, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Badlands, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Tenderfoot, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Buck Snort, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto East/West Regional Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Daniels Park Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wagon Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
73% dirt27% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wagon Trail Trailhead
- Daniels Park Regional Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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