City Park Pond & College Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr 24 min
City Park Pond & College Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Sheridan Green, CO. The route passes City Park Pond before reaching College Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 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 & College Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 5,238–5,309 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.88277, -105.07218
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 64° · precip 8% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: 104 stop 380 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftPass City Park Pond.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miPass College Pond.
- 300 ftBear right onto FRCC College Trails, heading NE.
- 300 ftReach City Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SW.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 104 stop 380 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Dry Creek Trail–Panorama Trail Loop, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- City Park Pond–Stratford lake, 4 lakes 5.4 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft
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