Elephant Butte–Elephant Butte Trail, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Elephant Park, CO. The route reaches Elephant Butte at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 1,166 ft, with sections as steep as 23% 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: 23%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bearberry Trail 39.62670, -105.36113
Nearest town Elephant Park, CO
Directions
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Elephant Butte–Elephant Butte Trail, 3 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 1,166 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 7,408–8,402 ft
Out & Back · Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Trailhead: Bearberry Trail · 39.62670, -105.36113
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Bearberry Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Mountain Muhly Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear left onto Elephant Butte Trail, heading SW.
- 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 miTurn right onto Bearberry Trail, heading S.
- 250 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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