Fuller Trail–Golden Rule Trail, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,210 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Fuller Trail–Golden Rule Trail, 5 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 2,210 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi9,630 – 10,821 ft · steepest grade: 22%10.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rock Island Road 39.52157, -105.96262
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
Directions
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Fuller Trail–Golden Rule Trail, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,210 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 9,631–10,821 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rock Island Road · 39.52157, -105.96262
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 73°F / low 44° · precip 14% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Island Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Galena Ditch, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Golden Rule Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Fuller Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Sidewinder Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Fuller Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sawmill Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Preston Way, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Preston Way Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach Rock Island Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Preston Way, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Fuller Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sidewinder Road, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Fuller Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Golden Rule Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Lincoln Park Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading SW.
- 1.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Galena Ditch, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading NE.
- 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
40% dirt60% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 73°F44°
Precip14%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity42%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat
74°48°
20%
Sun
77°49°
35%
Mon
66°50°
42%
Tue
70°46°
25%
Wed
73°48°
43%
Thu
75°48°
45%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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