St Vrain Legacy Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

St Vrain Legacy Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Dacono, 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.

Elevation

0 mi5,000 – 5,036 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.08119, -104.94651
Nearest town Dacono, CO

Directions

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St Vrain Legacy Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Elevation 5,001–5,037 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.08119, -104.94651

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 93°F / low 56° · precip 12% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto St Vrain Legacy Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miReach St Vrain Legacy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 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

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 93°F56°
Feels like79°Precip12%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity21%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 94°65°
Sun 91°63° 33%
Mon 92°67° 33%
Tue 90°62° 23%
Wed 89°58° 25%
Thu 95°58° 25%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 4 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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