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Willow Springs Open Space

Centennial Link Trail & Willow Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail

12.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Centennial Link Trail & Willow Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Willow Springs Open Space near Cherry Ridge, CO. It climbs 301 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,466 – 5,742 ft14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62584, -104.93441
Nearest town Cherry Ridge, CO
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Centennial Link Trail & Willow Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail

12.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 5,467–5,740 ft

Out & Back · Willow Springs Open Space

Trailhead: 39.62584, -104.93441

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left onto High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 2 miBear left onto Centennial Link Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Little Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.6 miSharp right onto Willow Creek Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miReach Centennial Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Willow Creek Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Little Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Centennial Link Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.8 miBear right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
  24. 1.8 miSharp left, heading NW.
  25. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/centennial-link-trail-willow-creek-trail-out-back-20-km-a618

Trail surface

34% gravel28% dirt26% paved12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.

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