Boy Scout Viewpoint–Boy Scout Trail, 3 sights is a 1.5-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. The route reaches Boy Scout Viewpoint. It climbs 311 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,765 – 6,933 ft · steepest grade: 22%1.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Plains Overlook Trail 40.00321, -105.30238
Nearest town Seven Hills, CO
Directions
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Boy Scout Viewpoint–Boy Scout Trail, 3 sights
1.5 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 39 min
Elevation 6,766–6,934 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Plains Overlook Trail · 40.00321, -105.30238
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 66° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Plains Overlook Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Plains Overlook, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Flagstaff Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ute Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Boy Scout Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sensory, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Range View Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Flagstaff Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Plains Overlook, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Plains Overlook Trail, heading SE.
- 150 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
83% dirt17% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 86°F66°
Precip6%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity22%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
85°69°
Sun
81°58°
29%
Mon
82°62°
44%
Tue
79°57°
27%
Wed
78°56°
33%
Thu
86°60°
34%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Plains Overlook Trail Trailhead
- Viewpoint via Flagstaff Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 849 ft
- Amphitheater Trail–Baseline Trail, 8 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft
- Royal Arch Viewpoint–Amphitheater Trail, 8 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,884 ft
- Ute Viewpoint–Chapman Drive Loop, 6 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,327 ft
- Amphitheater Trail–Bluebell Hiking Trail, 9 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 3,199 ft
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