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Farncomb Hill–Forest Queen Road, 5 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr

Farncomb Hill–Forest Queen Road, 5 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. The route reaches Farncomb Hill at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 798 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,368 – 11,169 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lincoln Park Road 39.48731, -105.98080
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
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Farncomb Hill–Forest Queen Road, 5 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 10,369–11,167 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lincoln Park Road · 39.48731, -105.98080

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lincoln Park Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Forest Queen Road, heading E.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Governor King Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Forest Queen Road, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lincoln Park Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Little French Flume, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miReach Farncomb Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Forest Queen Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.9 miBear right onto Governor King Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Queen Road, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Lincoln Park Road, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/farncomb-hill-forest-queen-road-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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