Big Dry Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 43 min
Big Dry Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Eastlake, CO. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Dry Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 43 min
Elevation 5,158–5,267 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.92854, -104.98342
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 566 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto I-25 Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto I-25 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 566 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Dry Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Koleski Reservoir Number 1 & Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- McKay Lake–Quail Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Stratford Lake–Bull Reservoir, 3 lakes 9.1 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Bull Reservoir–Stratford Lake, 9 lakes 11 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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