Kelly Reservoir via Westerly Creek Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 51 min
Kelly Reservoir via Westerly Creek Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Kelly Open Space near Sunnyvale, CO. The route passes Kelly Reservoir before reaching Kelly Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kelly Reservoir via Westerly Creek Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 51 min
Elevation 5,350–5,387 ft
Out & Back · Kelly Open Space
Trailhead: 39.72586, -104.87970
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: Lowry Boulevard & Alton Way stop 64 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Westerly Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto North Willow Street, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Westerly Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftPass Kelly Reservoir.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Kelly Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto North Willow Street, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Westerly Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lowry Boulevard & Alton Way stop 64 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Lil Lowry Pond & Mid Lowry Pond via Westerly Creek Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Westerly Creek Reservoir & Lowry Dam Trail 8 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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