Coal Creek Viewpoint & Coal Creek Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Coal Creek Viewpoint & Coal Creek Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Warembourg-Lafayette Farms near Maple Grove, CO. The route reaches Coal Creek Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Coal Creek Viewpoint & Coal Creek Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 5,126–5,194 ft
Out & Back · Warembourg-Lafayette Farms
Trailhead: 39.96772, -105.08387
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 93°F / low 58° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: Exempla Cir & Entrance 3 stop 62 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Rock Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftReach Coal Creek Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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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- Transit-accessible: Exempla Cir & Entrance 3 stop 62 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rock Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Rock Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Rock Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Ruth Roberts Connector Trail via Rock Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Stearns Lake via Rock Creek Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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