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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, 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.
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Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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