Farmers High Line Canal Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Wandering View, CO. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,341 – 5,460 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.88624, -105.03698
Nearest town Wandering View, CO

Directions

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Farmers High Line Canal Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 5,342–5,460 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.88624, -105.03698

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  13. 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

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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