Old Mill Trail & Staunton Ranch Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 787 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Old Mill Trail & Staunton Ranch Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Staunton State Park near Shaffers Crossing, CO. It climbs 787 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,344 – 9,111 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.50009, -105.37803
Nearest town Shaffers Crossing, CO
Directions
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Old Mill Trail & Staunton Ranch Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 787 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 8,345–9,110 ft
Out & Back · Staunton State Park
Trailhead: 39.50009, -105.37803
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Red Wall Climbing Access, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Old Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miReach Staunton Ranch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Red Wall Climbing Access, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dines Meadow Trail via Mason Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- Staunton Ranch Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Staunton Ranch Trail & Staunton Rocks Climbing Access 3.7 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Red Wall–Chase Meadow Trail, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 672 ft
- Mason Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 804 ft
- Mason Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 806 ft
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