Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Lower Church Lake & South Woman Creek Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 570 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Lower Church Lake & South Woman Creek Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge near Spring Mesa, CO. The route reaches Lower Church Lake at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 570 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Church Lake & South Woman Creek Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 570 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 5,647–6,055 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: 39.86832, -105.20470
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 62° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Woman Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto South Woman Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Lower Church Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Woman Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- South Woman Creek Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 398 ft
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- South Woman Creek Trail & Woman Creek Trail via Rocky Mountain Greenway Trailc 7 mi · ▲ 515 ft
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