Summit Viewpoint–Box o' Rox Connector, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in William Frederick Hayden Park near Golden Heights, CO. The route reaches Summit Viewpoint. It climbs 745 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,047 – 6,785 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rooney Valley Trail/Green Mountain Trail Loop 39.69639, -105.19203
Nearest town Golden Heights, CO
Directions
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Summit Viewpoint–Box o' Rox Connector, 3 sights
3.3 mi · ▲ 745 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,047–6,785 ft
Out & Back · William Frederick Hayden Park
Trailhead: Rooney Valley Trail/Green Mountain Trail Loop · 39.69639, -105.19203
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Green Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Box o' Rox Connector, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Green Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Box O' Rox Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Summit Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Summit Viewpoint.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Summit Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Box O' Rox Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Box o' Rox Connector, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
53% gravel34% dirt3% paved10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rooney Valley Trail/Green Mountain Trail Loop Trailhead
- Green Mountain Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 657 ft
- Green Mountain Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 341 ft
- Alameda Multi-Use Path via C-470 Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Box O' Rox Trail–Box o' Rox Connector, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 748 ft
- Arthur Lakes Lookout–Front Range Overlook, 5 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 874 ft
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