Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Mushroom Pond via Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Wandering View, CO. The route reaches Mushroom Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 134 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 via Farmers High Line Canal Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 5,395–5,546 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.88531, -105.02821
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 94°F / low 61° · precip 14% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 312 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftPass Mushroom Pond.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Mushroom Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 312 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 166 ft
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