Sand Creek Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min
Sand Creek Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Prairie Uplands Park near Sandown, CO. It is mostly level, with 27 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
2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 57 min
Elevation 5,250–5,288 ft
Out & Back · Prairie Uplands Park
Trailhead: 39.78606, -104.88332
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 118 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sand Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 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 E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 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 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 118 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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