Dixon Reservoir–Dixon Reservoir Beach, 5 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Dixon Reservoir–Dixon Reservoir Beach, 5 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Pineridge Natural Area near Horsetooth Heights, CO. The route passes Dixon Reservoir and Dixon Reservoir Beach. It climbs 322 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dixon Reservoir–Dixon Reservoir Beach, 5 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 5,218–5,466 ft
Out & Back · Pineridge Natural Area
Trailhead: Pineridge Access · 40.53104, -105.13598
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start on Pineridge Access, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto South Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Timber Trail, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Dixon Reservoir), heading N.
- 50 ftPass Dixon Reservoir.
- 450 ftPass Dixon Reservoir Beach.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lookout Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Dixon Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Dixon Reservoir), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Timber Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto South Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Pineridge Access, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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More from Pineridge Access Trailhead
- South Loop Trail 2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- South Loop Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- South Loop Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Dixon Reservoir Beach–Ridge Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 114 ft
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