High Line Canal Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 50 min
High Line Canal Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back near Cherry Hills Village, CO. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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High Line Canal Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 50 min
Elevation 5,395–5,499 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.63891, -104.95775
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Blackmer Lake via High Line Canal Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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- Centennial Link Trail via High Line Canal Trail 11.4 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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