Kipling Trail via C-470 Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Kipling Trail via C-470 Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Meadowbrook Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kipling Trail via C-470 Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,618–5,712 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.56033, -105.10226
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 4% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: Nbound Kipling @ Remington Ave stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto C-470 Trail Access Spur, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto C-470 Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Kipling Pkwy Sidepath, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kipling Trail, heading E.
- 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.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto C-470 Trail Access Spur, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Nbound Kipling @ Remington Ave stop 762 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- C-470 Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- C-470 Trail 2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- C-470 Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- C-470 Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- C-470 Trail 5 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- C-470 Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft
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