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Arapaho National Forest

Dakota Hill–Michigan Hill Road, 4 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,630 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Dakota Hill–Michigan Hill Road, 4 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nugget, CO. It climbs 1,630 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,581 – 10,607 ft · steepest grade: 23%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.85240, -105.57140
Nearest town Nugget, CO
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Dakota Hill–Michigan Hill Road, 4 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,630 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Elevation 9,582–10,609 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: 39.85240, -105.57140

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Michigan Hill, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Michigan Hill Road, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Stewart Gulch Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Michigan Hill Road, heading N.
  7. 1.4 miBear right onto Dakota Hill, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Wide Awake Spur Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miReach Michigan Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Michigan Hill Road, heading W.
  12. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Stewart Gulch Road, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Michigan Hill Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right onto Michigan Hill, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miArrive 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/dakota-hill-michigan-hill-road-out-back-4-sights-13-km

Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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