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Vista Pointe Open Space

Community Trail–Return to Top - Red, 5 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Community Trail–Return to Top - Red, 5 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Vista Pointe Open Space near Erie, CO. It climbs 354 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,053 – 5,266 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.02948, -105.02004
Nearest town Erie, CO
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Community Trail–Return to Top - Red, 5 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 5,054–5,266 ft

Out & Back · Vista Pointe Open Space

Trailhead: 40.02948, -105.02004

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftSharp left onto Sage - Green, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Yucca - Black, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yucca - Black, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Gramma, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Yucca - Black, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Return to Top - Red, heading W.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Return to Top - Red, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading SW.
  15. 200 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right onto Sage - Green, heading W.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miContinue straight onto River Trail, heading W.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.9 miTurn left onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Community Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  25. 1 miSharp right onto Community Trail, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miReach Sage - Green, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  28. 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  29. 1 miBear left onto Vista Ridge Community Trail, heading N.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  31. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.6 miTurn right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading NW.
  33. 0.9 miSharp right onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto River Trail, heading NE.
  35. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 500 ftTurn right onto Sage - Green, heading E.
  37. 400 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftSharp right onto Return to Top - Red, heading S.
  39. 250 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading SE.
  40. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading SE.
  41. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sage - Green, heading NE.
  42. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading NE.
  43. 250 ftBear right onto Yucca - Black, heading S.
  44. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Gramma, heading S.
  45. 50 ftTurn right onto Yucca - Black, heading S.
  46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Gramma, heading S.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yucca - Black, heading S.
  48. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Gramma, heading S.
  49. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red Trail, heading NE.
  50. 100 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading E.
  51. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  52. 50 ftArrive 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/community-trail-return-to-top-red-out-back-5-sights-13-km-1612

Trail surface

73% paved15% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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