Lake Link Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Lake Link Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Ruth Roberts Preserve near Country Estates, CO. It climbs 270 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Link Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Elevation 5,221–5,455 ft
Out & Back · Ruth Roberts Preserve
Trailhead: 39.94474, -105.07361
Weather Sep 6: Light drizzle, high 90°F / low 61° · precip 13% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Community Ditch Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Quail Creek Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Link Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Lake Link Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Community Ditch Trail via Lake Link Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Josh's Pond via Lake Link Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Lake Link Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft
- Lake Link Trail 9.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft
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