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Box O' Rox Trail–Box o' Rox Connector, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in William Frederick Hayden Park near Golden Heights, CO. It climbs 1,311 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,047 – 6,785 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rooney Valley Trail/Green Mountain Trail Loop 39.69639, -105.19203
Nearest town Golden Heights, CO

Directions

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Box O' Rox Trail–Box o' Rox Connector, 4 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 6,047–6,785 ft

Out & Back · William Frederick Hayden Park

Trailhead: Rooney Valley Trail/Green Mountain Trail Loop · 39.69639, -105.19203

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Green Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Box o' Rox Connector, heading NW.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Green Mountain Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Box O' Rox Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Summit Loop Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Reebie's Way, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Summit Loop Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miSharp right onto Box O' Rox Trail, heading SE.
  14. 1.5 miTurn right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Box o' Rox Connector, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  17. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

60% dirt18% gravel1% paved21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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