AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Hampden Heights Path via Hampden Heights Trail

3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Hampden Heights Path via Hampden Heights Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Sullivan, CO. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,479 – 5,565 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.65660, -104.89257
Nearest town Sullivan, CO
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Hampden Heights Path via Hampden Heights Trail

3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 5,478–5,564 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.65660, -104.89257

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 63° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: E Hampden Ave & S Verbena St stop 376 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading E.
  3. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Hampden Heights Path, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading NE.
  13. 200 ftTurn left onto Hampden Heights Path, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miReach Hampden Heights Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftTurn left onto Hampden Heights Path, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  25. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 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/hampden-heights-path-hampden-heights-path-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

OvercastTemperature 92°F63°
Precip4%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity44%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun 90°61° 24%
Mon 89°74° 24%
Tue 87°69° 28%
Wed 90°68° 33%
Thu 88°69° 25%
Fri 89°68° 15%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 12 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: E Hampden Ave & S Verbena St stop 376 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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