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Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Lower Church Lake–Old Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, 5 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 1,009 ft · 5 hr 36 min

Lower Church Lake–Old Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, 5 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge near Rock Creek, CO. The route reaches Lower Church Lake at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 1,009 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,647 – 6,122 ft15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.91108, -105.18401
Nearest town Rock Creek, CO
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Lower Church Lake–Old Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, 5 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 1,009 ft · 5 hr 36 min

Elevation 5,647–6,124 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: 39.91108, -105.18401

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 9% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Walnut Creek Loop, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading W.
  4. 2.7 miTurn left onto Old Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trailc, heading SE.
  6. 2.2 miTurn right onto Woman Creek Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto South Woman Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftReach Lower Church Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  12. 1.2 miTurn right onto Woman Creek Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trailc, heading NW.
  14. 2.2 miTurn right onto Old Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading N.
  16. 2.7 miContinue straight onto Walnut Creek Loop, heading NE.
  17. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-church-lake-lower-church-lake-out-back-6-sights-25-km

Trail surface

55% dirt35% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 90°F65°
Precip9%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sun 86°62° 19%
Mon 83°67° 34%
Tue 85°63° 25%
Wed 87°62° 30%
Thu 87°66° 26%
Fri 90°62° 19%

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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