Green Mill Road & Vista Pointe Trail via Coal Creek Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 173 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Green Mill Road & Vista Pointe Trail via Coal Creek Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Vista Pointe Open Space near Mountain View Estates, CO. It is mostly level, with 173 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Green Mill Road & Vista Pointe Trail via Coal Creek Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 173 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 5,054–5,158 ft
Out & Back · Vista Pointe Open Space
Trailhead: 40.00748, -105.03603
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Mill Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Vista Pointe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sidewinder Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Community Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive 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 2.7 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Community Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- River Trail & Vista Pointe Trail via Coal Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Vista Ridge Community Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 217 ft
- Grandview Trail & Vista Pointe Trail via Coal Creek Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Coal Creek Trail & Vista Pointe Trail 15.3 mi · ▲ 435 ft
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