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Coal Creek Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Adler-Fingru Open Space near Lafayette, CO. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,187 – 5,259 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.98007, -105.09163
Nearest town Lafayette, CO

Directions

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Coal Creek Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 50 min

Elevation 5,188–5,260 ft

Out & Back · Adler-Fingru Open Space

Trailhead: 39.98007, -105.09163

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: S Public Rd & Old Laramie Trail stop 91 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

90% gravel10% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Public Rd & Old Laramie Trail stop 91 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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