Lambertson Lakes Park & Open Space

Lambertson Ponds–Mushroom Pond, 5 lakes

15.8 mi · ▲ 521 ft · 5 hr 32 min

Lambertson Ponds–Mushroom Pond, 5 lakes is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Lambertson Lakes Park & Open Space near Cotton Creek, CO. The route passes Mushroom Pond, Lambertson Ponds, Lambertson Ponds and Croke Lake. It climbs 521 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,230 – 5,440 ft18.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cotton Creek Trail 39.89143, -105.03782
Nearest town Cotton Creek, CO

Directions

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Lambertson Ponds–Mushroom Pond, 5 lakes

15.8 mi · ▲ 521 ft · 5 hr 32 min

Elevation 5,231–5,440 ft

Out & Back · Lambertson Lakes Park & Open Space

Trailhead: Cotton Creek Trail · 39.89143, -105.03782

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cotton Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 350 ftPass Mushroom Pond.
  7. 200 ftTurn left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 1.2 miSharp right onto I-25 Greenway, heading E.
  11. 1.2 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Greenway, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Grange Hall Greenway, heading NE.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miPass Lambertson Ponds.
  16. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  17. 450 ftPass Lambertson Ponds.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miPass Croke Lake.
  21. 1 miTurn left onto Niver Creek Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miReach Lambertson Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.6 miTurn right onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading S.
  24. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  27. 1.3 miTurn left onto Grange Hall Greenway, heading NE.
  28. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Greenway, heading E.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Grange Hall Greenway, heading E.
  31. 0.7 miContinue straight onto I-25 Greenway, heading W.
  32. 0.5 miSharp left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
  33. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  35. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  37. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  38. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  40. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading W.
  41. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

97% paved2% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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