Ruth Roberts Preserve

Lake Link Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Lake Link Trail is a 9.7-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 ft11.4 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Lake Link Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 5,219–5,475 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 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading N.
  18. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  20. 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  27. 0.9 miSharp left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% paved13% 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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