Cheese Ranch Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 44 min
Cheese Ranch Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Cheese Ranch Historic Park near Gateway, CO. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cheese Ranch Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 44 min
Elevation 5,763–5,875 ft
Out & Back · Cheese Ranch Historic Park
Trailhead: 39.54661, -104.91355
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 63° · precip 15% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cheese Ranch Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Cheese Ranch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:07 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Welte Park Path via Cheese Ranch Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Wildcat Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 246 ft
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