Lower Church Lake–Railroad Access Road, 4 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Lower Church Lake–Railroad Access Road, 4 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Sheridan Green, CO. The route reaches Lower Church Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Church Lake–Railroad Access Road, 4 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 5,290–5,360 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.87734, -105.06549
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: 104 stop 726 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto US 36 Bikeway, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Lower Church Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Railroad Access Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right onto US 36 Bikeway, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 104 stop 726 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- South Branch Hylands Creek & US 36 Bikeway 3.2 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- US 36 Bikeway 4 mi · ▲ 195 ft
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