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Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area

Fossil Creek Reservoir & Carpenter Road Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Fossil Creek Reservoir & Carpenter Road Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area near Redmond, CO. The route reaches Fossil Creek Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly sand. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,902 – 4,931 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Carpenter Road Trail 40.47983, -105.00824
Nearest town Redmond, CO
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Fossil Creek Reservoir & Carpenter Road Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Elevation 4,902–4,932 ft

Out & Back · Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area

Trailhead: Carpenter Road Trail · 40.47983, -105.00824

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Carpenter Road Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.3 miReach Fossil Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 1.3 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/fossil-creek-reservoir-carpenter-road-trail-out-back

Trail surface

64% sand36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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