Fossil Creek Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 58 min
Fossil Creek Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Redtail Grove Natural Area near McClellands, CO. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fossil Creek Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 58 min
Elevation 4,943–5,015 ft
Out & Back · Redtail Grove Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.51313, -105.07548
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 59° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: College & Fossil Creek stop 145 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: College & Fossil Creek stop 145 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 88 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 96 ft
- Mason Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area Viewpoint via Fossil Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 122 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Long View Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft
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