South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement
Fossil Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail
5 mi · ▲ 441 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Fossil Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement near Pleasant View, CO. It climbs 441 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fossil Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail
5 mi · ▲ 441 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 5,768–6,069 ft
Out & Back · South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement
Trailhead: 39.74458, -105.16368
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 91°F / low 65° · precip 9% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: National Renewable Energy Lab stop 542 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Tertiary Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Cretaceous Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto T. rex Tooth Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Fossil Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach T. rex Tooth Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto T. rex Tooth Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Cretaceous Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tertiary Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: National Renewable Energy Lab stop 542 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ancient Palms Trail–Basalt Cap Loop Trail, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- Carl's Point–Croc Tooth Trail, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 587 ft
- T. rex Tooth Trail 4 mi · ▲ 361 ft
- Cretaceous Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- T. rex Tooth Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- Lava Loop Trail–Serpentine Trail, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 605 ft
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