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Cook Park

Cherry Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Cherry Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Cook Park near Sullivan, CO. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,387 – 5,430 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.67829, -104.89644
Nearest town Sullivan, CO
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Cherry Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Elevation 5,388–5,429 ft

Out & Back · Cook Park

Trailhead: 39.67829, -104.89644

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 60° · precip 8% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: E Iliff Ave & S Trenton Way stop 377 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
  6. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading W.
  16. 350 ftSharp right onto Cherry Creek Trail (South), heading NW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail (South), heading NW.
  20. 50 ftSharp left onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading N.
  31. 300 ftTurn left onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  33. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  35. 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-8bce

Trail surface

54% paved16% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 92°F60°
Feels like83°Precip8%Wind12 mphUV7Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 92°64°
Sun 92°62° 29%
Mon 91°75° 27%
Tue 88°67° 27%
Wed 89°67° 32%
Thu 92°68° 32%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: E Iliff Ave & S Trenton Way stop 377 m from the trailhead

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