Coal Creek Trail Alternate & Grandview Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 57 min
Coal Creek Trail Alternate & Grandview Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Coal Creek Trail Alternate & Grandview Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 57 min
Elevation 5,029–5,161 ft
Out & Back · Coal Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 40.03700, -105.02732
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 93°F / low 57° · precip 8% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Grandview Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Coal Creek Trail Alternate, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Grandview Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Grandview Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 9 min before dark.
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