Walnut Creek Trail via Sheridan MUP
4.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Walnut Creek Trail via Sheridan MUP is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cotton Creek, CO. It is mostly level, with 109 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 Sheridan MUP
4.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 5,278–5,378 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.88241, -105.05169
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 95°F / low 62° · precip 13% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 441 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sheridan MUP, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Walnut Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Walnut Creek Trail, heading W.
- 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 E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail / US 36 Bikeway, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hyland Creek Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 441 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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