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Barney Ford Trail–Hermit Placer Trail, 5 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,201 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi9,712 – 10,368 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lincoln Park Road 39.48731, -105.98080
Nearest town Lincoln, CO

Directions

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Barney Ford Trail–Hermit Placer Trail, 5 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Elevation 9,712–10,367 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lincoln Park Road · 39.48731, -105.98080

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on County Road 566, heading SE.
  2. 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Sally Barber Road, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Upper Turks, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miSharp left onto Turks, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 miContinue straight onto B&B Mine Trail, heading W.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto V3 Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Country Boy Road, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Barney Ford Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right onto Barney Flow Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barney Ford Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Hermit Placer Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miReach Upper Turks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miSharp left onto Barney Ford Trail, heading S.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Barney Flow Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Barney Ford Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Country Boy Road, heading E.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left onto V3 Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto B&B Mine Trail, heading NE.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Turks, heading E.
  21. 0.9 miSharp right onto Upper Turks, heading NE.
  22. 0.6 miTurn left onto Sally Barber Road, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto French Gulch Road, heading E.
  24. 450 ftTurn left onto County Road 566, heading NE.
  25. 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

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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