Willow Creek Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 48 min
Willow Creek Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Castlewood, CO. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Willow Creek Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 48 min
Elevation 5,617–5,692 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.57498, -104.90930
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 91°F / low 65° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Willow Creek Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Willow Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Willow Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Willow Creek Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Willow Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Willow Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Willow Creek Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft
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