Bug-A-Boo Road & Fly-By-Night Road via Big Meadows Road
10.9 mi · ▲ 1,942 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Bug-A-Boo Road & Fly-By-Night Road via Big Meadows Road is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. It climbs 1,942 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bug-A-Boo Road & Fly-By-Night Road via Big Meadows Road
10.9 mi · ▲ 1,942 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 8,136–9,768 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: 40.03007, -106.10076
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 77°F / low 40° · precip 4% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Big Meadows Road, heading NE.
- 4.3 miTurn right onto Bug-A-Boo Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Fly-By-Night Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Bug-A-Boo Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Bug-A-Boo Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Meadows Road, heading NE.
- 4.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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