Cottonwood Trail–Fitness Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Cottonwood Trail–Fitness Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Spring Hill, CO. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,594 – 5,686 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Connector Trail 39.64886, -105.14974
Nearest town Spring Hill, CO
Directions
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Cottonwood Trail–Fitness Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 5,593–5,686 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: Connector Trail · 39.64886, -105.14974
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 6% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Connector Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto Fitness Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cottonwood Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fitness Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Cottonwood Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fitness Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Cottonwood Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fitness Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Connector Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftArrive 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% paved
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 92°F62°
Precip6%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity23%
Rained 0.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
92°67°
Sun
89°62°
25%
Mon
90°75°
38%
Tue
88°67°
39%
Wed
87°65°
40%
Thu
91°66°
27%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Connector Trail Trailhead
- Big Soda Lake–Bear Creek Lake, 3 lakes 2.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Bear Creek Trail–Cottonwood Trail, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Cottonwood Trail–Morrison Road Sidepath, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 173 ft
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