AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Long Lake Regional Park

Ralston Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 90 ft · 41 min

Ralston Creek Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Long Lake Regional Park near Apple Meadows, CO. It is mostly level, with 90 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,653 – 5,758 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.81544, -105.20477
Nearest town Apple Meadows, CO
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Ralston Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 90 ft · 41 min

Elevation 5,654–5,758 ft

Out & Back · Long Lake Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.81544, -105.20477

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Arvada Open Space Trail, heading N.
  11. 400 ftTurn right onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Arvada Open Space Trail, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ralston-creek-trail-out-back-3-km-ebac

Trail surface

48% paved40% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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