Vista Pointe Trail & Vista Ridge Community Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Vista Pointe Trail & Vista Ridge Community Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Vista Pointe Open Space near Erie, CO. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Vista Pointe Trail & Vista Ridge Community Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 5,047–5,297 ft
Out & Back · Vista Pointe Open Space
Trailhead: Grandview Trail · 40.04203, -105.04015
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 93°F / low 57° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grandview Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Green Mill Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sidewinder Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Community Trail, heading SE.
- 2.2 miReach Vista Pointe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Coal Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Coal Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grandview Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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 3.7 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Grandview Trail Trailhead
- Grandview Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Grandview Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Blue Gramma via Grandview Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Return to Top - Red & Sage - Green 3.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Coal Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Coal Creek Trail & Grandview Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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