Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Sand Creek Park near Boston Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 5,296–5,392 ft
Out & Back · Sand Creek Park
Trailhead: 39.76006, -104.85194
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 5% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 433 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sand Creek Regional Greenway, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Toll Gate Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto 13 Ave Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Tollgate Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto 13 Ave Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Toll Gate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Sand Creek Regional Greenway, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 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 1.2 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 433 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sand Creek Regional Greenway 2.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sand Creek Regional Greenway 2.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail 5 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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