Willow Run Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 45 min
Willow Run Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cozy Corner, CO. The route reaches Willow Run Pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Willow Run Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 45 min
Elevation 5,192–5,233 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.91440, -105.02307
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Metzger Farm OS, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto 120th Ave MUP, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Willow Run Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto 120th Ave MUP, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Metzger Farm OS, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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