Sand Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Sand Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Morrison Nature Center near Hillcrest, CO. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sand Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 5,329–5,413 ft
Out & Back · Morrison Nature Center
Trailhead: 39.75203, -104.80987
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 60° · precip 7% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sand Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 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 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sand Creek Trail 3 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Sand Creek Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Tollgate Creek Trail via Sand Creek Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Bluff Lake & Sand Creek Regional Greenway via Sand Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Bluff Lake Nature Center Viewpoint–Bluff Lake, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 150 ft
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