Bambei-Walker Reservoir & Sand Creek Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Bambei-Walker Reservoir & Sand Creek Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Wetland Park near Sandown, CO. The route reaches Bambei-Walker Reservoir at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 107 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 & Sand Creek Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 5,126–5,277 ft
Out & Back · Wetland Park
Trailhead: 39.78606, -104.88332
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 118 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sand Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 2.8 miContinue straight onto Dahlia St Trailhead access, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sand Creek Trail to 64th Avenue, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Bambei-Walker Reservoir.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Bambei-Walker Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Dahlia St Trailhead access, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sand Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 118 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sand Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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