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Bluffs Regional Park

Tepe Overlook via Bluffs Regional Park Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Tepe Overlook via Bluffs Regional Park Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Bluffs Regional Park near Carriage Club, CO. The route reaches Tepe Overlook. It climbs 490 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,975 – 6,270 ft · steepest grade: 28%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.52835, -104.88681
Nearest town Carriage Club, CO
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Tepe Overlook via Bluffs Regional Park Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 5,973–6,270 ft

Out & Back · Bluffs Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.52835, -104.88681

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 89°F / low 63° · precip 18% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading W.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miPass Tepe Overlook.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Tepe Overlook Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto East/West Regional Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading NW.
  10. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miReach Tepe Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto East/West Regional Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading S.
  17. 1 miBear left onto Tepe Overlook Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading N.
  20. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tepe-overlook-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

OvercastTemperature 89°F63°
Feels like79°Precip18%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity24%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°60° 5 PM: 1% rain6 PM: 4% rain7 PM: 8% rain8 PM: 18% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 5% rain11 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 88°67° 16%
Sun 90°61° 38%
Mon 88°71° 28%
Tue 86°62° 31%
Wed 85°63° 35%
Thu 88°63° 32%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 8 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Carriage Club, Colorado