Kipling Trail via C-470 Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Kipling Trail via C-470 Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Chatfield State Park near Columbine Hills, CO. It climbs 351 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kipling Trail via C-470 Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 5,467–5,712 ft
Out & Back · Chatfield State Park
Trailhead: Chatfield Internal Trail · 39.56006, -105.06973
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 60° · precip 8% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: W Chatfield Ave & S Pierce St stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Chatfield Internal Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto C-470 Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Kipling Pkwy Sidepath, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kipling Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Kipling Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Kipling Pkwy Sidepath, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto C-470 Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Chatfield Internal Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: W Chatfield Ave & S Pierce St stop 762 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chatfield Internal Trail Trailhead
- Chatfield Reservoir & Chatfield Internal Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 29 ft
- C-470 Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Dog Off Leash Area Trails 4.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Dog Off Leash Area Trails 5.1 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Dog Off Leash Area Trails 5.4 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- C-470 Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 297 ft
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