Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Devonsire Heights, CO. The route reaches Blackmer Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 5,428–5,493 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.65283, -104.95523
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 395 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Blackmer Lake.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Blackmer Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 395 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- High Line Canal Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft
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