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Outer Loop Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Crown Hill Park near Wheat Ridge, CO. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,486 – 5,545 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.76201, -105.08039
Nearest town Wheat Ridge, CO

Directions

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Outer Loop Trail

2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min

Elevation 5,487–5,544 ft

Out & Back · Crown Hill Park

Trailhead: 39.76201, -105.08039

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: W 32nd Ave & Wadsworth Blvd stop 32 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Trail No. 720, heading W.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Outer Loop Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail No. 720, heading E.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Trail No. 106, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 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

66% paved26% other8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: W 32nd Ave & Wadsworth Blvd stop 32 m from the trailhead

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