Webster Lake & Farmers High Line Canal Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 58 min

Webster Lake & Farmers High Line Canal Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Eastlake, CO. The route reaches Webster Lake. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,341 – 5,404 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.92073, -104.97982
Nearest town Eastlake, CO

Directions

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Webster Lake & Farmers High Line Canal Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 58 min

Elevation 5,343–5,405 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.92073, -104.97982

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 722 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miPass Webster Lake.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Webster Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 350 ftTurn left onto Farmers Highline Canal Trail / E 120th St Spur, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 200 ftTurn right onto Farmers High Line Canal Trail, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% paved16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 722 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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