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Red Rocks Park

Trading Post Viewpoint–Mount Vernon Creek Trail, 4 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Trading Post Viewpoint–Mount Vernon Creek Trail, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, CO. The route reaches Trading Post Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 907 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,939 – 6,431 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Plains View Road 39.67223, -105.20461
Nearest town Morrison, CO
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Trading Post Viewpoint–Mount Vernon Creek Trail, 4 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 5,938–6,431 ft

Out & Back · Red Rocks Park

Trailhead: Plains View Road · 39.67223, -105.20461

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miBear right onto Will Call Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Trading Post Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miReach Trading Post Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 350 ftSharp right onto Geologic Overlook Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/trading-post-viewpoint-mount-vernon-creek-trail-out-back-4-sights-6-km

Trail surface

94% dirt3% paved1% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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