Sand Creek Alternate via Sand Creek Trail
6.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Sand Creek Alternate via Sand Creek Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Prairie Uplands Park near Commerce City, CO. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sand Creek Alternate via Sand Creek Trail
6.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 5,167–5,294 ft
Out & Back · Prairie Uplands Park
Trailhead: 39.79727, -104.93054
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: Vasquez Blvd & E 56th Ave stop 531 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Alternate, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Sand Creek Alternate, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 2.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 3.2 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Vasquez Blvd & E 56th Ave stop 531 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bambei-Walker Reservoir via Sand Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft
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