Hampden Heights Path via Goldsmith Gulch Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Hampden Heights Path via Goldsmith Gulch Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Rosamond Park near Cherry Creek, CO. It is mostly level, with 217 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hampden Heights Path via Goldsmith Gulch Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 5,478–5,595 ft
Out & Back · Rosamond Park
Trailhead: 39.64054, -104.90499
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 92°F / low 64° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: E Princeton Ave & Eastmoor Drive stop 19 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Hampden Heights Path, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Hampden Heights Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Hampden Heights Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Hampden Heights Path, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 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 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: E Princeton Ave & Eastmoor Drive stop 19 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Goldsmith Gulch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Goldsmith Gulch Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Goldsmith Gulch Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Goldsmith Gulch Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 163 ft
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