Bull Reservoir & Arapahoe Ridge Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Bull Reservoir & Arapahoe Ridge Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Quail Hill, CO. The route passes Bull Reservoir and Bull Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bull Reservoir & Arapahoe Ridge Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 5,157–5,199 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.94150, -104.98948
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Orchard Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miPass Bull Reservoir.
- 0.3 miPass Bull Reservoir.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Arapahoe Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Bull Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Orchard Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- McKay Creek Trail via Orchard Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 30 ft
- Koleski Reservoir Number 1 via Orchard Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- McKay Lake & Quail Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 59 ft
- City Park Pond–Bull Reservoir, 6 lakes 14.9 mi · ▲ 242 ft
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