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Blackhawk Gulch Road–Dakota Hill Road, 6 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Gilpin, CO. It climbs 3,309 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,167 – 10,578 ft · steepest grade: 36%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Moon Gulch Spur 39.89705, -105.54211
Nearest town Gilpin, CO

Directions

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Blackhawk Gulch Road–Dakota Hill Road, 6 sights

12.6 mi · ▲ 3,309 ft · 5 hr 51 min

Elevation 9,167–10,577 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Moon Gulch Spur · 39.89705, -105.54211

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Moon Gulch Spur, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miSharp left onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto FS 290.1, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading SE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dakota Hill Road, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  11. 1 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Wide Awake Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Blackhawk Gulch Road, heading SE.
  14. 1.6 miReach Moon Gulch Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Upper Wide Awake Road, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill Road, heading NW.
  18. 1.1 miSharp left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading N.
  24. 0.6 miContinue straight onto FS 290.1, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miSharp right onto Moon Gulch Spur, heading NE.
  27. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

39% dirt61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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