Westerly Creek Reservoir & Kelly Reservoir via Lowry Dam Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 54 min
Westerly Creek Reservoir & Kelly Reservoir via Lowry Dam Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Great Lawn Park near Sunnyvale, CO. The route passes Kelly Reservoir before reaching Westerly Creek Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Westerly Creek Reservoir & Kelly Reservoir via Lowry Dam Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 54 min
Elevation 5,352–5,436 ft
Out & Back · Great Lawn Park
Trailhead: 39.72873, -104.88845
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 61° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: E 11th Ave & Willow St stop 454 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Kelly Reservoir.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Westerly Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Westerly Creek Reservoir.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowry Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Westerly Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Westerly Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 350 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 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: E 11th Ave & Willow St stop 454 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Westerly Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Lil Lowry Pond & Kelly Reservoir via Westerly Creek Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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