Legacy Ridge Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 48 min
Legacy Ridge Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near College Hills, CO. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Legacy Ridge Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 48 min
Elevation 5,327–5,424 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.89761, -105.03582
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 5% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Legacy Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Legacy Ridge Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Northglenn Terminal Reservoir & Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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