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Coal Creek Open Space

Grandview Trail–Return to Top - Red, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Grandview Trail–Return to Top - Red, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,046 – 5,266 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.02948, -105.02004
Nearest town Erie, CO
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Grandview Trail–Return to Top - Red, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 5,047–5,266 ft

Out & Back · Coal Creek Open Space

Trailhead: 40.02948, -105.02004

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftSharp left onto Sage - Green, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Yucca - Black, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yucca - Black, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Gramma, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Yucca - Black, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Return to Top - Red, heading W.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Return to Top - Red, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading SW.
  15. 200 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right onto Sage - Green, heading W.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
  25. 250 ftTurn right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right onto Grandview Trail, heading N.
  34. 400 ftBear right, heading N.
  35. 0.2 miReach Sage - Green, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  36. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  37. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right onto Green Mill Road, heading N.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  40. 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
  41. 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  44. 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  47. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  48. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading SE.
  49. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading SE.
  50. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading SE.
  51. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  52. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder Trail, heading SE.
  53. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  54. 500 ftTurn right onto Sage - Green, heading SW.
  55. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  56. 50 ftSharp right onto Return to Top - Red, heading S.
  57. 250 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading S.
  58. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading S.
  59. 300 ftContinue straight onto Sage - Green, heading SE.
  60. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading SE.
  61. 250 ftBear right onto Yucca - Black, heading SW.
  62. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  63. 50 ftTurn right onto Yucca - Black, heading SW.
  64. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  65. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yucca - Black, heading SW.
  66. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Gramma, heading SW.
  67. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red Trail, heading SW.
  68. 100 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading SW.
  69. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  70. 50 ftArrive 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/grandview-trail-return-to-top-red-out-back-3-sights-5-km-1e2d

Trail surface

36% dirt19% paved45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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