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Arapaho National Forest

Dakota Hill Road–Gamble Gulch Road, 3 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 932 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Dakota Hill Road–Gamble Gulch Road, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Gilpin, CO. It climbs 932 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,722 – 10,578 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Missouri Gulch Spur Road 39.86656, -105.52037
Nearest town Gilpin, CO
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Dakota Hill Road–Gamble Gulch Road, 3 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 932 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 9,723–10,577 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Missouri Gulch Spur Road · 39.86656, -105.52037

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miBear left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miReach Missouri Gulch Spur Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miBear right onto Dakota Hill Road, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading E.
  10. 0.8 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-road-gamble-gulch-road-out-back-3-sights-7-km-8317

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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