Lake Link Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Lake Link Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Lac Amora Open Space near Maple Grove, CO. It climbs 325 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Link Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 5,282–5,444 ft
Out & Back · Lac Amora Open Space
Trailhead: 39.94327, -105.11874
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 7% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: 13600 Block Via Varra stop 380 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto South 104th Street, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Cradleboard Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Lac Amora Link Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
- 3.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 3.4 miTurn right onto Lac Amora Link Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cradleboard Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto South 104th Street, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 13600 Block Via Varra stop 380 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Josh's Pond & Lake Link Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Lake Link Trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 325 ft
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