Cherry Hills Lake via High Line Canal Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Cherry Hills Lake via High Line Canal Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Cherry Ridge, CO. The route reaches Cherry Hills Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cherry Hills Lake via High Line Canal Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 5,380–5,530 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.62584, -104.93441
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 93°F / low 60° · precip 7% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Cherry Hills Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftArrive 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 7:08 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
- High Line Canal Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Centennial Link Trail & Willow Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail 12.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft
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