Metzger Ponds & Metzger Farm OS via Big Dry Creek Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 52 min
Metzger Ponds & Metzger Farm OS via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Metzger Farm Open Space near Brandywine, CO. The route reaches Metzger Ponds. It is mostly level, with 53 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 & Metzger Farm OS via Big Dry Creek Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 52 min
Elevation 5,206–5,274 ft
Out & Back · Metzger Farm Open Space
Trailhead: 39.91174, -105.04634
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: 120th Ave / Vrain St (E) stop 250 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Metzger Farm OS, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftPass Metzger Ponds.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 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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- Transit-accessible: 120th Ave / Vrain St (E) stop 250 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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