Farmers High Line Canal Trail & Walnut Creek Trail
5 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Farmers High Line Canal Trail & Walnut Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Sheridan Green, CO. It is mostly level, with 138 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 & Walnut Creek Trail
5 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 5,278–5,431 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.88474, -105.07513
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 95°F / low 60° · precip 12% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: 104 stop 39 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 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 SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NE.
- 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 W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 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 2.2 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:11 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 104 stop 39 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Lower Church Lake–Terrace Ponds, 4 lakes 13.5 mi · ▲ 581 ft
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