Highlands Ranch Historic Park

Marcy Gulch Trail

3 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Marcy Gulch Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Highlands Ranch Historic Park near Kistler Park, CO. It climbs 283 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,860 – 6,090 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mansion Footpath 39.53467, -104.97428
Nearest town Kistler Park, CO

Directions

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Marcy Gulch Trail

3 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 5,862–6,091 ft

Out & Back · Highlands Ranch Historic Park

Trailhead: Mansion Footpath · 39.53467, -104.97428

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start on Mansion Footpath, heading E.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Marcy Gulch Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto Vista Nation XC 2-mile course, heading S.
  9. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Marcy Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left onto Mansion Footpath, heading N.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

53% paved45% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 11 min before dark.

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