Mushroom Pond & Farmers High Line Canal Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Mushroom Pond & Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Northwest Open Space near Westview, CO. The route reaches Mushroom Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mushroom Pond & Farmers High Line Canal Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 5,395–5,429 ft
Out & Back · Northwest Open Space
Trailhead: Northwest OS path · 39.89362, -105.00848
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Northwest OS path, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miPass Mushroom Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Mushroom Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Northwest OS path, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 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 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Northwest OS path Trailhead
- Northwest OS path 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Croke Reservoir via Farmers High Line Canal Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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