Mineral Hill Trail–Rich Gulch Road, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,619 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi9,630 – 10,703 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rock Island Road 39.52157, -105.96262
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
Directions
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Mineral Hill Trail–Rich Gulch Road, 3 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,619 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 9,631–10,704 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rock Island Road · 39.52157, -105.96262
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 73°F / low 44° · precip 14% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Island Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Galena Ditch, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Rich Gulch Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miReach Rock Island Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Rich Gulch Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Lincoln Park Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading NE.
- 1.8 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Galena Ditch, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading E.
- 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.
Trail surface
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 73°F44°
Precip14%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity42%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat
74°48°
20%
Sun
77°49°
35%
Mon
66°50°
42%
Tue
70°46°
25%
Wed
73°48°
43%
Thu
75°48°
45%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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