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Rosamond Park

Hampden Heights Path & Hampden Heights Trail via Goldsmith Gulch Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Hampden Heights Path & Hampden Heights Trail via Goldsmith Gulch Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Rosamond Park near Cherry Creek, CO. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,486 – 5,584 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Goldsmith Gulch Trail 39.63677, -104.89377
Nearest town Cherry Creek, CO
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Hampden Heights Path & Hampden Heights Trail via Goldsmith Gulch Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 5,486–5,585 ft

Out & Back · Rosamond Park

Trailhead: Goldsmith Gulch Trail · 39.63677, -104.89377

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: E Tufts Ave & S DTC Blvd stop 408 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto Hampden Heights Path, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Hampden Heights Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miReach Hampden Heights Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hampden Heights Path, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 350 ftContinue straight onto Goldsmith Gulch Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hampden-heights-path-hampden-heights-trail-out-back

Trail surface

88% paved12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: E Tufts Ave & S DTC Blvd stop 408 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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