Marcy GulchTrail via Marcy Gulch Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Marcy GulchTrail via Marcy Gulch Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Highlands Ranch Historic Park near Kistler Park, CO. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Marcy GulchTrail via Marcy Gulch Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 5,798–5,974 ft
Out & Back · Highlands Ranch Historic Park
Trailhead: Mansion Footpath · 39.53692, -104.97210
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 16 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start on Mansion Footpath, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto South Ranch Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mansion Footpath, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Marcy Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Marcy GulchTrail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mansion Footpath, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Ranch Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mansion Footpath, heading E.
- 300 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.
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