East 64th Avenue & Southwest Loop is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Montbello, CO. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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East 64th Avenue & Southwest Loop
6.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 5,278–5,331 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.81240, -104.82097
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bluestem Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Southwest Loop, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Wetland Trails, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Chambers Road, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto East 64th Avenue, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Southwest Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Chambers Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Wetland Trails, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Southwest Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bluestem Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Southwest Loop & Uvalda Trail via Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Wildlife Viewing–Rod and Gun Club Ponds, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- 7th Street 5.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Parkfield Lake–56th Avenue Trail, 5 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Chambers Road & Uvalda Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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