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Red Rocks Park

Red Rocks Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 773 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Red Rocks Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 773 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,113 – 6,526 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Plains View Road 39.67223, -105.20461
Nearest town Morrison, CO
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Red Rocks Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 773 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 6,113–6,527 ft

Out & Back · Red Rocks Park

Trailhead: Plains View Road · 39.67223, -105.20461

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftSharp right onto Geologic Overlook Trail, heading NW.
  7. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/red-rocks-trail-out-back-6-km-adf7

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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