Grandview Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 51 min
Grandview Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Grandview Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 51 min
Elevation 5,048–5,175 ft
Out & Back · Coal Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 40.03907, -105.03994
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 93°F / low 57° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grandview Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Green Mill Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grandview Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Grandview Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Grandview Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Grandview Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Community Trail & Vista Pointe Trail via Coal Creek Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 277 ft
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