Bambei-Walker Reservoir via Sand Creek Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Bambei-Walker Reservoir via Sand Creek Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Commerce City, CO. The route reaches Bambei-Walker Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bambei-Walker Reservoir via Sand Creek Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 5,126–5,176 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.79727, -104.93054
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: Vasquez Blvd & E 56th Ave stop 531 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sand Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dahlia St Trailhead access, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sand Creek Trail to 64th Avenue, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Bambei-Walker Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dahlia St Trailhead access, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sand Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Vasquez Blvd & E 56th Ave stop 531 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sand Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 106 ft
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