Tepe Overlook via Bluffs Regional Park Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Tepe Overlook via Bluffs Regional Park Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Bluffs Regional Park near Carriage Club, CO. The route reaches Tepe Overlook at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 360 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tepe Overlook via Bluffs Regional Park Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 5,939–6,270 ft
Out & Back · Bluffs Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.53948, -104.90100
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 63° · precip 16% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto East/West Regional Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear left onto Tepe Overlook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Tepe Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto East/West Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bluffs Regional Park Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bluffs Regional Park Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Bluffs Regional Park Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Bluffs Regional Park Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Bluffs Regional Park Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Bluffs Regional Park Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 392 ft
- Bluffs Regional Park Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 333 ft
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