Chatfield State Park

High Line Canal Trail

4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 22 min

High Line Canal Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Chatfield State Park near Archer, CO. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,492 – 5,538 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Line Canal Trailhead 39.52960, -105.05381
Nearest town Archer, CO

Directions

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High Line Canal Trail

4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 5,493–5,537 ft

Out & Back · Chatfield State Park

Trailhead: High Line Canal Trailhead · 39.52960, -105.05381

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto High Line Canal Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miReach High Line Canal Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 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

3% dirt1% sand96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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