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Cook Park

Cherry Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 39 min

Cherry Creek Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cook Park near Sullivan, CO. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,387 – 5,423 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.67958, -104.89732
Nearest town Sullivan, CO
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Cherry Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 39 min

Elevation 5,388–5,423 ft

Out & Back · Cook Park

Trailhead: 39.67958, -104.89732

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: E Iliff Ave & S Trenton Way stop 511 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading W.
  15. 350 ftSharp right onto Cherry Creek Trail (South), heading NW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail (South), heading NW.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 100 ftTurn right onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
  30. 300 ftTurn left onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  32. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cherry-creek-trail-out-back-3-km-7750

Trail surface

52% paved17% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: E Iliff Ave & S Trenton Way stop 511 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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