Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 4 sights
9 mi · ▲ 1,092 ft · 3 hr 33 min
Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 4 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Heritage Dells, CO. It climbs 1,092 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 4 sights
9 mi · ▲ 1,092 ft · 3 hr 33 min
Elevation 5,921–6,527 ft
Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park
Trailhead: 39.70031, -105.20637
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 88°F / low 65° · precip 9% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Highway 40 & Highway 26 stop 217 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Village Loop Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Will Call Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Trading Post Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Red Rocks Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Will Call Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Village Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Highway 40 & Highway 26 stop 217 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Village Loop Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Red Rocks Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Denver Basin Overlook–Concretion, 9 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft
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