Dakota Hill Road–Michigan Hill Road, 3 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,547 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Dakota Hill Road–Michigan Hill Road, 3 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nugget, CO. It climbs 1,547 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi9,581 – 10,607 ft · steepest grade: 29%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.85240, -105.57140
Nearest town Nugget, CO
Directions
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Dakota Hill Road–Michigan Hill Road, 3 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,547 ft · 3 hr 38 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Michigan Hill, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Michigan Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Stewart Gulch Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Michigan Hill Road, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Michigan Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Dakota Hill Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Michigan Hill Road, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Stewart Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Michigan Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Michigan Hill, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 surface
25% dirt75% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
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- Michigan Hill Road & Michigan Hill 2.9 mi · ▲ 910 ft
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