Sheep Lakes via Little Horseshoe Park Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. The route reaches Sheep Lakes. It climbs 310 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,517 – 8,741 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lawn Lake Trailhead 40.40712, -105.62623
Nearest town Beaver Point, CO
Directions
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Sheep Lakes via Little Horseshoe Park Trail
3 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 8,517–8,741 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: Lawn Lake Trailhead · 40.40712, -105.62623
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 77°F / low 58° · precip 13% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lawn Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Little Horseshoe Park Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Sheep Lakes.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 1.2 miReach Sheep Lakes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lawn Lake Trail, 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.
Trail surface
80% dirt2% gravel18% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 77°F58°
Precip13%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sun
75°57°
15%
Mon
70°55°
Tue
76°51°
Wed
73°49°
15%
Thu
74°47°
15%
Fri
69°48°
15%
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lawn Lake Trailhead Trailhead
- Spectacle Lakes (Lower)–Ypsilon Lake, 6 lakes 9.3 mi · ▲ 3,115 ft
- Lawn Lake & Lawn Lake Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 2,493 ft
- Lawn Lake–Little Crystal Lake, 4 lakes 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,168 ft
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