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Big Dry Creek Open Space

Mushroom Pond & Big Dry Creek Trail

9.6 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Mushroom Pond & Big Dry Creek Trail is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Wandering View, CO. The route reaches Mushroom Pond. It is mostly level, with 243 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,279 – 5,453 ft11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.89195, -105.02479
Nearest town Wandering View, CO
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Mushroom Pond & Big Dry Creek Trail

9.6 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 5,278–5,451 ft

Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space

Trailhead: 39.89195, -105.02479

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: 104 stop 698 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftPass Mushroom Pond.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Mushroom Pond Trail, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 400 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
  15. 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SW.
  19. 500 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miReach Mushroom Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading E.
  23. 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 1.5 miTurn right onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading E.
  30. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  32. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  33. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading N.
  35. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mushroom Pond Trail, heading NE.
  36. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  39. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/northglenn-terminal-reservoir-mushroom-pond-out-back-5-lakes-16-km

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 104 stop 698 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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