Elephant Butte–Dedisse Park Trail, 5 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Wah Keeney Park, CO. The route reaches Elephant Butte at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 2,479 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,090 – 8,403 ft · steepest grade: 20%13.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pioneer Trail 39.64959, -105.34245
Nearest town Wah Keeney Park, CO
Directions
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Elephant Butte–Dedisse Park Trail, 5 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,479 ft · 5 hr 32 min
Elevation 7,090–8,402 ft
Out & Back · Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Trailhead: Pioneer Trail · 39.64959, -105.34245
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Highway 74 & Stagecoach Boulevard stop 422 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pioneer Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Dedisse, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Sunnyside Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Hidden Fawn Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Sisters Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cone Flower Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Elephant Butte Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Elephant Butte, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Cone Flower Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bearberry Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Sisters Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Hidden Fawn Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Sunnyside Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Dedisse Park Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Pioneer Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 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
81% dirt18% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Highway 74 & Stagecoach Boulevard stop 422 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pioneer Trail Trailhead
- Pioneer Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 304 ft
- Pioneer Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Pioneer Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 378 ft
- Evergreen Lake & Pioneer Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- Dedisse Trail & Pioneer Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Dedisse Park Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 633 ft
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