Fossil Creek Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 96 ft · 51 min
Fossil Creek Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Redtail Grove Natural Area near McClellands, CO. It is mostly level, with 96 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,948 – 5,017 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.51421, -105.07758
Nearest town McClellands, CO
Directions
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Fossil Creek Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 96 ft · 51 min
Elevation 4,946–5,015 ft
Out & Back · Redtail Grove Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.51421, -105.07758
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: College & Cameron stop 11 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mason Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Mason Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, 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.
Trail surface
100% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: College & Cameron stop 11 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mason Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint via Fossil Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 122 ft
- Long View Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
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