Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min
Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Quail Hill, CO. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Thorncreek Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 42 min
Elevation 5,155–5,242 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.94368, -104.99012
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Orchard Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Thorncreek Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Thorncreek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Orchard Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- McKay Creek Trail via Orchard Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 30 ft
- Koleski Reservoir Number 1 via Orchard Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Bull Reservoir & Arapahoe Ridge Trail via Big Dry Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- McKay Lake & Quail Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 59 ft
- City Park Pond–Bull Reservoir, 6 lakes 14.9 mi · ▲ 242 ft
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