Ruth Roberts Preserve

Lake Link Trail

10.1 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Lake Link Trail is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Ruth Roberts Preserve near Broomfield Heights, CO. It climbs 274 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,220 – 5,476 ft12.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94126, -105.08282
Nearest town Broomfield Heights, CO

Directions

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Lake Link Trail

10.1 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 5,221–5,475 ft

Out & Back · Ruth Roberts Preserve

Trailhead: 39.94126, -105.08282

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Community Ditch Trail, heading SE.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  10. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.9 miBear left onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Quail Creek Trail, heading E.
  18. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 350 ftTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  25. 150 ftTurn right onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  27. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading SW.
  29. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  31. 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  34. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading W.
  35. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  36. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  37. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  38. 0.9 miSharp left, heading NW.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

83% paved12% gravel3% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 7 min before dark.

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