Big Dry Creek Trail & deKoevend Park Trail via High Line Canal Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Big Dry Creek Trail & deKoevend Park Trail via High Line Canal Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in deKoevend Park near Southglenn, CO. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Dry Creek Trail & deKoevend Park Trail via High Line Canal Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 5,480–5,614 ft
Out & Back · deKoevend Park
Trailhead: 39.58039, -104.95820
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 93°F / low 65° · precip 13% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 196 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto BigDry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto deKoevend Park Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto deKoevend Park Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miReach Big Dry Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto deKoevend Park Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto High Line Canal Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto deKoevend Park Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto BigDry Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 196 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Dry Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- High Line Canal Viewpoint & Big Dry Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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