Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Trading Post Trail, 3 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 515 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,922 – 6,277 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.66166, -105.20541
Nearest town Morrison, CO
Directions
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Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Trading Post Trail, 3 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 5,921–6,278 ft
Out & Back · Red Rocks Park
Trailhead: 39.66166, -105.20541
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 87°F / low 66° · precip 8% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Trading Post Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Trading Post Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Will Call Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Trading Post Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
95% dirt2% paved1% boardwalk2% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 87°F66°
Precip8%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
84°58°
27%
Mon
83°70°
42%
Tue
84°65°
39%
Wed
85°65°
43%
Thu
86°66°
29%
Fri
86°65°
19%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Geologic Overlook–Mount Vernon Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,102 ft
- Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 3 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,105 ft
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