Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail via Sand Creek Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Morrison Nature Center near Norfolk Glen, CO. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,319 – 5,387 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Morrison Naure Center 39.75377, -104.80206
Nearest town Norfolk Glen, CO
Directions
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Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail via Sand Creek Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 5,318–5,388 ft
Out & Back · Morrison Nature Center
Trailhead: Morrison Naure Center · 39.75377, -104.80206
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 63° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Morrison Naure Center, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Toll Gate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach Tollgate Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left onto Morrison Naure Center, heading E.
- 0.2 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
65% paved22% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 92°F63°
Precip4%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity44%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
90°63°
22%
Mon
89°68°
37%
Tue
86°63°
43%
Wed
89°61°
43%
Thu
87°64°
28%
Fri
88°63°
19%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Morrison Naure Center Trailhead
- Sand Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Bluff Lake–Greenway Belt Path, 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 160 ft
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