Elephant Butte–Bluebird Meadow Trail, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Elephant Park, CO. The route reaches Elephant Butte at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,245 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,408 – 8,403 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62233, -105.35931
Nearest town Elephant Park, CO
Directions
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Elephant Butte–Bluebird Meadow Trail, 4 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,245 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 7,408–8,402 ft
Out & Back · Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Trailhead: 39.62233, -105.35931
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bearberry Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear left onto Elephant Butte Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miReach Elephant Butte, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Bearberry Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
98% dirt1% other1% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bluebird Meadow Trail & Ranch View Trail Loop via Ponderosa Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 320 ft
- Bearberry Trail–Bluebird Meadow Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Hidden Fawn Trail–Ponderosa Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Wilmot Trail via Ponderosa Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 451 ft
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