Big Dry Creek Open Space

Walnut Creek Trail via Farmers High Line Canal Trail

7 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Walnut Creek Trail via Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near College Hills, CO. It is mostly level, with 245 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,279 – 5,430 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Legacy Ridge Trail 39.89784, -105.03345
Nearest town College Hills, CO

Directions

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Walnut Creek Trail via Farmers High Line Canal Trail

7 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 5,278–5,431 ft

Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space

Trailhead: Legacy Ridge Trail · 39.89784, -105.03345

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SW.
  10. 500 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miReach Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SE.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading E.
  15. 450 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 1.5 miTurn right onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 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 surface

98% paved2% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 93°F63°
Precip8%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity35%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun 90°63° 19%
Mon 89°75° 28%
Tue 88°68° 25%
Wed 91°67° 25%
Thu 89°71° 21%
Fri 90°69° 15%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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