Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,418 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Meeker Park, CO. The route reaches Copeland Lake. It climbs 1,418 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,418 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Elevation 8,318–8,990 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.21831, -105.53651
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 59° · precip 20% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Copeland Lake.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Meeker Park Sh Spur Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Copeland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miSharp left onto Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Copeland Lake 3.2 mi · ▲ 118 ft
- Hidden Falls–Copeland Lake, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- Copeland Lake–Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, 4 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 954 ft
- Rocky Mountain Wilderness Viewpoint & Copeland Lake via Sandbeach Lake Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,182 ft
- Mount Orton–Sandbeach Lake, 4 lakes 10.5 mi · ▲ 3,382 ft
- Calypso Cascades–Copeland Lake, 5 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 2,628 ft
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