Bull Reservoir & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Bull Reservoir & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Brandywine, CO. The route passes Metzger Ponds before reaching Bull Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 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 & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 5,187–5,257 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.91370, -105.04175
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 95°F / low 60° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: 120th Ave / Bradburn Blvd (E) stop 52 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Metzger Ponds.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Home Farm Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Bull Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 120th Ave / Bradburn Blvd (E) stop 52 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Brunner Reservoir–Country Vista Park, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Willow Run Pond & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Metzger Ponds & Home Farm Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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