Big Dry Creek Trail & Westcliff Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Big Dry Creek Trail & Westcliff Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Wandering View, CO. It climbs 277 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Dry Creek Trail & Westcliff Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 5,278–5,546 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.88531, -105.02821
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 94°F / low 61° · precip 14% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 312 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Westcliff Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Big Dry Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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 7:07 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 312 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 166 ft
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