Farmers High Line Canal Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cotton Creek, CO. It is mostly level, with 189 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
4.6 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 5,278–5,431 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.89399, -105.03953
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start on Cotton Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 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 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Cotton Creek Trail, 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 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 3 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 3 mi · ▲ 110 ft
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- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
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