Big Dry Creek Open Space

Walnut Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Walnut Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Wallace Village, CO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,299 – 5,328 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.87871, -105.07607
Nearest town Wallace Village, CO

Directions

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Walnut Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 5,298–5,327 ft

Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space

Trailhead: 39.87871, -105.07607

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 95°F / low 60° · precip 12% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: 104 stop 102 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading N.
  4. 400 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miReach Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

91% paved1% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 95°F60°
Feels like79°Precip12%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat 92°65°
Sun 90°63° 18%
Mon 91°75° 39%
Tue 88°70° 24%
Wed 87°67° 26%
Thu 93°69° 26%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 104 stop 102 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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