Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm
Stearns Lake via Rock Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Stearns Lake via Rock Creek Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm near Maple Grove, CO. The route reaches Stearns Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Stearns Lake via Rock Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 5,188–5,294 ft
Out & Back · Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm
Trailhead: 39.96772, -105.08387
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 93°F / low 58° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: Exempla Cir & Entrance 3 stop 62 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftPass Stearns Lake.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mary Miller Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach Stearns Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rock Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Exempla Cir & Entrance 3 stop 62 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rock Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Rock Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Coal Creek Viewpoint & Coal Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Rock Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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