High Line Canal Viewpoint & Big Dry Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 11 min
High Line Canal Viewpoint & Big Dry Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in deKoevend Park near Southglenn, CO. The route reaches High Line Canal Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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High Line Canal Viewpoint & Big Dry Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 5,498–5,614 ft
Out & Back · deKoevend Park
Trailhead: 39.58039, -104.95820
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 65° · precip 13% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 196 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto BigDry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto deKoevend Park Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach High Line Canal Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto deKoevend Park Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto BigDry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 196 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Dry Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail & deKoevend Park Trail via High Line Canal Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 161 ft
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