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
- Start on Moon Gulch Spur, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto FS 290.1, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Dakota Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Wide Awake Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Blackhawk Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 1.6 miReach Moon Gulch Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Upper Wide Awake Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto FS 290.1, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Moon Gulch Spur, heading NE.
- 0.9 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
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
More from Moon Gulch Spur Trailhead
- Moon Gulch Spur 2.7 mi · ▲ 1,021 ft
- Jumbo Mountain Road & Moon Gulch Spur 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,131 ft
- Dakota Hill Spur & Jumbo Mountain Road via Jenny Lind - Perigo 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,211 ft
- Dakota Hill–Apex Road, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 2,423 ft
- Jenny Lind - Perigo & Moon Gulch Spur 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,706 ft
- Apex Spur Road–Dakota Hill Road, 8 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,862 ft
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