Coal Creek Trail & Grandview Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Coal Creek Trail & Grandview Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 81 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 & Grandview Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 5,007–5,122 ft
Out & Back · Coal Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 40.03982, -105.03568
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Grandview Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 1 miReach Grandview Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Grandview Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 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 1.7 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Green Mill Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Green Mill Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Green Mill Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Green Mill Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 89 ft
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