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Dickens Farm Nature Area

Fairgrounds Lake & Saint Vrain Greenway

12.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Fairgrounds Lake & Saint Vrain Greenway is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Dickens Farm Nature Area near Jessum, CO. The route reaches Fairgrounds Lake. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,872 – 4,981 ft14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15934, -105.04166
Nearest town Jessum, CO
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Fairgrounds Lake & Saint Vrain Greenway

12.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 4,872–4,981 ft

Out & Back · Dickens Farm Nature Area

Trailhead: 40.15934, -105.04166

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Saint Vrain Greenway, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 3.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 1.5 miPass Fairgrounds Lake.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Saint Vrain Trail, heading NW.
  15. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 100 ftReach Fairgrounds Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Saint Vrain Greenway, heading SW.
  23. 1.6 miBear right, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 3.9 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fairgrounds-lake-saint-vrain-greenway-out-back-3-sights-21-km-205e

Trail surface

89% paved4% gravel7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 1 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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