Cherry Creek Reservoir & Shop Creek Trail via Cherry Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Cherry Creek Reservoir & Shop Creek Trail via Cherry Creek Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Cherry Creek State Park near Harbor Pointe, CO. The route reaches Cherry Creek Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cherry Creek Reservoir & Shop Creek Trail via Cherry Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 5,554–5,665 ft
Out & Back · Cherry Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.63513, -104.82928
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 8% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: stop 564 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Shop Creek Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Cherry Creek Reservoir.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie Loop Nature Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Prairie Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Cherry Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Prairie Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Loop Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Shop Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: stop 564 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Parker Road Trail–Shop Creek Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Improving Shop Creek—A Story of Success–Shop Creek Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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