High Line Canal Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 1 hr 16 min
High Line Canal Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Southpark, CO. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,489 – 5,643 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.55350, -105.01407
Nearest town Southpark, CO
Directions
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High Line Canal Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 5,488–5,643 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.55350, -105.01407
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Marcy Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach High Line Canal Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marcy Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 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 surface
56% paved35% dirt8% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Johnny's Pond 2.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- High Line Canal Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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- High Line Canal Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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