Big Dry Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Big Dry Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cozy Corner, CO. It is mostly level, with 26 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
3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 5,192–5,233 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.91440, -105.02307
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Metzger Farm OS, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto 120th Ave MUP, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Home Farm Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto 120th Ave MUP, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Metzger Farm OS, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Stratford Lake–College Pond, 3 lakes 3.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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