Continental Divide Overlook & RattleSnake Gulch Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Eldorado Canyon State Park near Eldorado Springs, CO. The route reaches Continental Divide Overlook at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,067 – 6,805 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.92965, -105.29033
Nearest town Eldorado Springs, CO
Directions
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Continental Divide Overlook & RattleSnake Gulch Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 6,066–6,803 ft
Out & Back · Eldorado Canyon State Park
Trailhead: 39.92965, -105.29033
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: Eldorado Canyon Visitor Center stop 371 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on RattleSnake Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miReach Continental Divide Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Eldorado Canyon Visitor Center stop 371 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Crags Hotel Ruins & RattleSnake Gulch Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 645 ft
- Shirttail Peak–Fowler West Viewpoint, 3 summits 2.3 mi · ▲ 1,526 ft
- Fowler West Viewpoint–Fowler West Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 629 ft
- Fowler West Viewpoint–Fisherman's Access Trail, 5 sights 14 mi · ▲ 4,231 ft
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