Dry Gulch Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Dry Gulch Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Lakewood / Dry Gulch Park near Westside Neighborhood, CO. It is mostly level, with 172 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dry Gulch Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 5,216–5,339 ft
Out & Back · Lakewood / Dry Gulch Park
Trailhead: 39.73795, -105.02362
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 96°F / low 59° · precip 7% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: Decatur Federal Gate B stop 20 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right onto Lakewood Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lakewood Gulch, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Lakewood Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lakewood Gulch, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dry Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Dry Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lakewood Gulch, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lakewood Gulch Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Decatur Federal Gate B stop 20 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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