Turtle Pond & Plum Creek Nature Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Turtle Pond & Plum Creek Nature Loop is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Chatfield State Park near Acequia, CO. The route reaches Turtle Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Turtle Pond & Plum Creek Nature Loop
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Elevation 5,454–5,483 ft
Out & Back · Chatfield State Park
Trailhead: Plum Creek Nature Loop · 39.53189, -105.04546
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 61° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Plum Creek Nature Loop, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Turtle Pond Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach Turtle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Plum Creek Nature Loop, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Chatfield Internal Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Plum Creek Nature Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Plum Creek Nature Loop Trailhead
- Plum Creek Trail via High Line Canal Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Turtle Pond & High Line Canal Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Chatfield Reservoir & Chatfield Dam Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 61 ft
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