Lil Lowry Pond & Mid Lowry Pond via Westerly Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Lil Lowry Pond & Mid Lowry Pond via Westerly Creek Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Sunnyvale, CO. The route passes Mid Lowry Pond before reaching Lil Lowry Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lil Lowry Pond & Mid Lowry Pond via Westerly Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 5,380–5,419 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.72586, -104.87970
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: Lowry Boulevard & Alton Way stop 64 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Westerly Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Mid Lowry Pond.
- 450 ftPass Lil Lowry Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Lil Lowry Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lowry Boulevard & Alton Way stop 64 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Kelly Reservoir via Westerly Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Westerly Creek Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Westerly Creek Reservoir & Lowry Dam Trail 8 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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