Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail
4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Cherry Hills Village, CO. The route reaches Blackmer Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail
4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 5,382–5,499 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.63505, -104.96174
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Blackmer Lake.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto High Line Canal Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 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 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path 4.2 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 9 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 138 ft
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