Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Dacono, CO. The route reaches Milavec Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. 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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Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 4,948–5,026 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.08797, -104.93353
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 93°F / low 56° · precip 12% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Firestone Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Milavec Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 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 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 7:56 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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