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Potomac Street & Southwest Loop is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Montbello, CO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,282 – 5,302 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.81240, -104.82097
Nearest town Montbello, CO

Directions

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Potomac Street & Southwest Loop

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 5,281–5,302 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.81240, -104.82097

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Bluestem Loop, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Southwest Loop, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Wetland Trails, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Potomac Street, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftReach Southwest Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wetland Trails, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Southwest Loop, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bluestem Loop, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 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

62% dirt10% gravel28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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