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Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail

5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Northwest Open Space near Westview, CO. The route reaches Mushroom Pond. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,394 – 5,423 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.89443, -104.99651
Nearest town Westview, CO
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Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail

5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 5,395–5,424 ft

Out & Back · Northwest Open Space

Trailhead: 39.89443, -104.99651

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: Huron Street & Kennedy Drive stop 104 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miPass Mushroom Pond.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftReach Mushroom Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  18. 350 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/croke-reservoir-mushroom-pond-out-back-4-lakes-10-km-b422

Trail surface

92% paved6% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Huron Street & Kennedy Drive stop 104 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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