Big Dry Creek Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Big Dry Creek Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cozy Corner, CO. 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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Big Dry Creek Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 5,192–5,274 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: Ranch Creek OS · 39.91147, -105.02281
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 on Ranch Creek OS, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear 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 W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 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 NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 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.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Ranch Creek OS, heading SE.
- 250 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 1.6 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ranch Creek OS Trailhead
- Stratford lake & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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