City Park Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 1 hr 43 min
City Park Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near College Hills, CO. The route reaches City Park Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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City Park Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 5,277–5,431 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Legacy Ridge Trail · 39.89784, -105.03345
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach City Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 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 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Legacy Ridge Trail Trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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