McKay Creek Trail via Orchard Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 1 hr 5 min
McKay Creek Trail via Orchard Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in McKay Lake Open Space near Quail Hill, CO. It is mostly level, with 30 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,168 – 5,233 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94150, -104.98948
Nearest town Quail Hill, CO
Directions
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McKay Creek Trail via Orchard Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,167–5,233 ft
Out & Back · McKay Lake Open Space
Trailhead: 39.94150, -104.98948
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Orchard Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto McKay Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach McKay Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Orchard Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 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
97% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Koleski Reservoir Number 1 via Orchard Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Bull Reservoir & Arapahoe Ridge Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- McKay Lake & Quail Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 59 ft
- City Park Pond–Bull Reservoir, 6 lakes 14.9 mi · ▲ 242 ft
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