Fossil Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min
Fossil Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Redtail Grove Natural Area near Trilby Corner, CO. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,964 – 5,017 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50868, -105.07763
Nearest town Trilby Corner, CO
Directions
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Fossil Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min
Elevation 4,963–5,015 ft
Out & Back · Redtail Grove Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.50868, -105.07763
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: College & Fossil Creek stop 544 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, 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.
Trail surface
99% paved1% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: College & Fossil Creek stop 544 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 221 ft
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