Sand Creek Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 46 min
Sand Creek Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Prairie Uplands Park near Sandown, CO. It is mostly level, with 119 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 Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 46 min
Elevation 5,240–5,294 ft
Out & Back · Prairie Uplands Park
Trailhead: 39.76739, -104.89020
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 93°F / low 60° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 277 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 277 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sand Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 119 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 119 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Sand Creek Alternate 2.4 mi · ▲ 119 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 147 ft
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