Sand Creek Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Sand Creek Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Prairie Uplands Park near Sandown, CO. It is mostly level, with 26 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
3.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 5,226–5,277 ft
Out & Back · Prairie Uplands Park
Trailhead: 39.78543, -104.89729
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 115 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 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.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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 surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 115 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sand Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sand Creek Alternate 4.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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