Pipeline Trail via 12 Mile Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Pipeline Trail via 12 Mile Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Cherry Creek State Park near Woodgate, CO. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pipeline Trail via 12 Mile Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 5,563–5,629 ft
Out & Back · Cherry Creek State Park
Trailhead: 39.61641, -104.81858
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: stop 408 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto 12 Mile Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto 12-Mile North, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Pipeline Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Pipeline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Pipeline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto 12 Mile Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: stop 408 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- 12 Mile Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- 12 Mile Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- 12 Mile Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- 12 Mile Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- 12 Mile Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- 12 Mile Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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