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Brown Gulch Trail–Rock Island Road, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,486 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Brown Gulch Trail–Rock Island Road, 3 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,486 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,594 – 10,703 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lincoln Townsite 39.48641, -105.98019
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
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Brown Gulch Trail–Rock Island Road, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,486 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Elevation 9,594–10,704 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lincoln Townsite · 39.48641, -105.98019

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto County Road 566, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lincoln Park Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.8 miBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading N.
  5. 1.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left onto Galena Ditch, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Brown Gulch Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Royal Tiger Trail, heading N.
  9. 350 ftReach Rock Island Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 350 ftTurn right onto Brown Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Galena Ditch, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miSharp right onto Rock Island Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 2.1 miBear right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.8 miContinue straight onto County Road 566, heading SE.
  16. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brown-gulch-trail-rock-island-road-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

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