Belisle Reservoir & Geneva Lake via Mary Carter Greenway Trail
3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Belisle Reservoir & Geneva Lake via Mary Carter Greenway Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Belleview Park near Littleton, CO. The route passes Belisle Reservoir before reaching Geneva Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Belisle Reservoir & Geneva Lake via Mary Carter Greenway Trail
3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 5,300–5,391 ft
Out & Back · Belleview Park
Trailhead: 39.62478, -105.00356
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 62° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Belisle Reservoir.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Mary Carter Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miPass Geneva Lake.
- 450 ftReach Belisle Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Centennial Pond–Belisle Reservoir, 3 lakes 1.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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