Metzger Ponds & Home Farm Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Metzger Ponds & Home Farm Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Brandywine, CO. The route reaches Metzger Ponds. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Metzger Ponds & Home Farm Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 5,192–5,272 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.91370, -105.04175
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 95°F / low 60° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: 120th Ave / Bradburn Blvd (E) stop 52 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Metzger Ponds.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Home Farm Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Metzger Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 120th Ave / Bradburn Blvd (E) stop 52 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Brunner Reservoir–Country Vista Park, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Willow Run Pond & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Bull Reservoir & Metzger Ponds via Big Dry Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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