Coal Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Coal Creek Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 109 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
3.5 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 5,017–5,132 ft
Out & Back · Coal Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 40.04732, -105.02099
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Coal Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Coal Creek Trail Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Coal Creek Trail Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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