Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Toll Gate Creek Trail & Tollgate Creek Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Sand Creek Park near Hillcrest Village, CO. It is mostly level, with 59 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
5.6 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 5,318–5,392 ft
Out & Back · Sand Creek Park
Trailhead: Sand Creek Trail · 39.75688, -104.81956
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 63° · precip 5% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: Sable Blvd & E 30th Ave stop 31 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sand Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Toll Gate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto 13 Ave Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Tollgate Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto 13 Ave Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Toll Gate Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Tollgate Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Sand Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 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 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Sable Blvd & E 30th Ave stop 31 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sand Creek Trail Trailhead
- Sand Creek Regional Greenway 2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Morrison Naure Center Viewpoint via Sand Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bluff Lake Nature Center Viewpoint–Bluff Lake, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 93 ft
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