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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Walnut Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Cotton Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Legacy Ridge Trail Trailhead
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail Loop 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Farmers High Line Canal Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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