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Arapaho National Forest

Georgetown Reservoir–Charter Oak Line Road, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 4,096 ft · 6 hr 19 min

Georgetown Reservoir–Charter Oak Line Road, 5 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Georgetown, CO. The route reaches Georgetown Reservoir. It climbs 4,096 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi9,229 – 11,008 ft · steepest grade: 32%13.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sporting Times 39.68788, -105.69921
Nearest town Georgetown, CO
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Georgetown Reservoir–Charter Oak Line Road, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 4,096 ft · 6 hr 19 min

Elevation 9,229–11,008 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Sporting Times · 39.68788, -105.69921

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sporting Times, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miPass Georgetown Reservoir.
  3. 0.6 miBear left onto Highline, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Powerline, heading NE.
  5. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Griffith, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Griffin Mountain Road, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Cascade Creek Road, heading E.
  8. 2.5 miContinue straight onto Charter Oak Line Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Forest Service, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miReach Georgetown Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Charter Oak Line Road, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Cascade Creek Road, heading W.
  14. 2.5 miContinue straight onto Griffin Mountain Road, heading NW.
  15. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Griffith, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SW.
  17. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Highline, heading SW.
  18. 450 ftBear right onto Sporting Times, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/georgetown-reservoir-georgetown-reservoir-out-back-6-sights-21-km

Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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