Farmers High Line Canal Trail
6 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Wandering View, CO. 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.
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Farmers High Line Canal Trail
6 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 5,278–5,431 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.89377, -105.02820
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 64° · precip 8% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading S.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 11 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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