Talbott Irrigation Reservoir & York St MUP via Lee Lateral Ditch Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Talbott Irrigation Reservoir & York St MUP via Lee Lateral Ditch Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Eastlake, CO. The route reaches Talbott Irrigation Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 160 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Talbott Irrigation Reservoir & York St MUP via Lee Lateral Ditch Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 5,192–5,322 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.93679, -104.93323
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 63° · precip 7% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Lee Lateral Ditch Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.5 miPass Talbott Irrigation Reservoir.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto York St MUP, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Talbott Irrigation Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lee Lateral Ditch Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 1.7 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lee Lateral Ditch Trail 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- East Lake Number 2 & East Lake Number 3 via Lee Lateral Ditch Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Marshall Reservoir & Horizon Tributary Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Signal Ditch Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Signal Ditch Trail 6 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Signal Ditch Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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