Foggy Park Viewpoint via Foggy Park Road
2.3 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Foggy Park Viewpoint via Foggy Park Road is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Drake, CO. The route reaches Foggy Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 561 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Foggy Park Viewpoint via Foggy Park Road
2.3 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 8,651–9,204 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.47500, -105.37006
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 77°F / low 53° · precip 6% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Foggy Park Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach Foggy Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 1.0 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Foggy Park Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 1,006 ft
- Foggy Park Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 897 ft
- Foggy Park Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 934 ft
- Foggy Park Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 825 ft
- Foggy Park Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,337 ft
- Storm Mountain via Foggy Park Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,260 ft
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