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Big Dry Creek Open Space

College Pond & Westfield Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

College Pond & Westfield Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cotton Creek, CO. The route passes College Pond before reaching Westfield Pond at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,240 – 5,266 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Dry Creek Trail 39.89692, -105.05267
Nearest town Cotton Creek, CO
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College Pond & Westfield Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Elevation 5,238–5,268 ft

Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space

Trailhead: Big Dry Creek Trail · 39.89692, -105.05267

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: 112th and Sheridan stop 362 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miPass College Pond.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miPass Westfield Pond.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 450 ftReach College Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/college-pond-westfield-pond-out-back-3-lakes-3-km-bb2b

Trail surface

88% paved12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 112th and Sheridan stop 362 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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