Fire Line Viewpoint & Overlook Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 1,116 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Fire Line Viewpoint & Overlook Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Lory State Park near Bellvue, CO. The route reaches Fire Line Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,116 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Fire Line Viewpoint & Overlook Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 1,116 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 5,504–6,280 ft
Out & Back · Lory State Park
Trailhead: East Valley Trail · 40.58749, -105.18194
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on East Valley Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftSharp left onto West Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Well Gulch Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Overlook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Fire Line, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Fire Line Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Overlook Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Well Gulch Nature Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto West Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right onto East Valley Trail, heading N.
- 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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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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