McKay Lake & McKay Lake Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 42 min
McKay Lake & McKay Lake Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in McKay Lake Open Space near McKay Landing, CO. The route passes McKay Lake before reaching McKay Lake at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,220 – 5,253 ft2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94499, -105.01857
Nearest town McKay Landing, CO
Directions
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McKay Lake & McKay Lake Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 42 min
Elevation 5,221–5,254 ft
Out & Back · McKay Lake Open Space
Trailhead: 39.94499, -105.01857
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Quail Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass McKay Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Pump Track, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto McKay Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass McKay Lake.
- 0.2 miReach McKay Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pump Track, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Quail Creek Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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
35% dirt34% paved31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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