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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.

Elevation

0 mi5,279 – 5,332 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.81240, -104.82097
Nearest town Montbello, CO

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Bluestem Loop, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Southwest Loop, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Wetland Trails, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 miSharp left onto Chambers Road, heading E.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto East 64th Avenue, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miReach Southwest Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right onto Chambers Road, heading S.
  10. 0.9 miSharp right onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto Wetland Trails, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left onto Southwest Loop, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bluestem Loop, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

42% dirt27% gravel31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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