Hill Pond & Spring Creek Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 47 min
Hill Pond & Spring Creek Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Rolland Moore Park near Drakes, CO. The route reaches Hill Pond. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hill Pond & Spring Creek Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 47 min
Elevation 5,005–5,061 ft
Out & Back · Rolland Moore Park
Trailhead: 40.56531, -105.09246
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 57° · precip 4% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: Prospect & Sheely stop 221 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Young's Creek MUP, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Hill Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Young's Creek MUP, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Hill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Young's Creek MUP, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Young's Creek MUP, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Prospect & Sheely stop 221 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Drainage area & Hill Pond via Spring Creek Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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