Ruth Roberts Preserve

Lake Link Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Lake Link Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Ruth Roberts Preserve near Broomfield Heights, CO. It climbs 300 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,220 – 5,476 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94199, -105.08125
Nearest town Broomfield Heights, CO

Directions

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Lake Link Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Elevation 5,221–5,475 ft

Out & Back · Ruth Roberts Preserve

Trailhead: 39.94199, -105.08125

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Community Ditch Trail, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  9. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.8 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.9 miBear left onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Quail Creek Trail, heading E.
  17. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  23. 350 ftTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  24. 150 ftTurn right onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  26. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading NW.
  28. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  30. 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading S.
  34. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  35. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  36. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  37. 0.9 miSharp left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

85% paved12% gravel3% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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