Coal Creek Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 55 min
Coal Creek Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Vista Pointe Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 86 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
2.6 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 55 min
Elevation 5,054–5,131 ft
Out & Back · Vista Pointe Open Space
Trailhead: 40.03638, -105.03720
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sidewinder Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:09 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:29 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Sunset Ridge Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Green Mill Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Green Mill Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 89 ft
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