Lookout Mountain Viewpoint–Denver Mountain Parks, 4 viewpoints is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Apex Park near Paradise Hills, CO. The route passes Lookout Mountain Viewpoint and Golden Reservoir before reaching Denver Mountain Parks at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 741 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,225 – 7,566 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Poco Calle Trail 39.71334, -105.24533
Nearest town Paradise Hills, CO
Directions
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Lookout Mountain Viewpoint–Denver Mountain Parks, 4 viewpoints
4.5 mi · ▲ 741 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 7,224–7,566 ft
Out & Back · Apex Park
Trailhead: Poco Calle Trail · 39.71334, -105.24533
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 63° · precip 7% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Poco Calle Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Apex Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Lookout Mountain Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Buffalo Bill Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftPass Golden Reservoir.
- 0.1 miPass Denver Mountain Parks.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Lookout Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Apex Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Poco Calle Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
OvercastTemperature 84°F63°
Precip7%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
84°67°
Sun
80°56°
27%
Mon
82°67°
43%
Tue
81°62°
36%
Wed
79°60°
42%
Thu
83°60°
30%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Poco Calle Trail Trailhead
- Apex Trail via Enchanted Forest Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Hardscrabble Trail & Sluicebox Trail via Enchanted Forest Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 818 ft
- Enchanted Forest Trail & Magic Mountain Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft
- Enchanted Forest Trail–Kinney Run Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,350 ft
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