Dines Meadow Trail via Davis Ponds Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Staunton State Park near Shaffers Crossing, CO. It climbs 930 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,216 – 9,147 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Davis Ponds Trail 39.49702, -105.38199
Nearest town Shaffers Crossing, CO
Directions
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Dines Meadow Trail via Davis Ponds Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 930 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 8,217–9,148 ft
Out & Back · Staunton State Park
Trailhead: Davis Ponds Trail · 39.49702, -105.38199
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Davis Ponds Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dines Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mason Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miReach Dines Meadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Dines Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Davis Ponds Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Never Winter Climbing Access & Staunton Ranch Trail via Davis Ponds Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,084 ft
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