Coal Creek Trail via Anthem Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Coal Creek Trail via Anthem Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Mountain View Estates, CO. It is mostly level, with 189 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 via Anthem Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 5,097–5,301 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Anthem Trail · 39.98201, -105.04014
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 93°F / low 57° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Anthem Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek - AnthemTrail Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Coal Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Coal Creek - AnthemTrail Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Anthem Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Anthem Trail Trailhead
- Anthem Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Coal Creek Trail & Ruth Roberts Connector Trail via Anthem Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 376 ft
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