Quail Creek Trail & Thorncreek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Quail Creek Trail & Thorncreek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Eastlake, CO. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Quail Creek Trail & Thorncreek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 5,155–5,243 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.93123, -104.98116
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 472 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Thorncreek Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Orchard Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Quail Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Thorncreek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Orchard Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Thorncreek Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 472 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Koleski Reservoir Number 1 & Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Brunner Reservoir–Bull Reservoir, 8 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 188 ft
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