Willow Run Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 44 min
Willow Run Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cozy Corner, CO. The route reaches Willow Run Pond at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Willow Run Pond via Big Dry Creek Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 44 min
Elevation 5,192–5,267 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.92120, -105.00976
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Home Farm Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftPass Willow Run Pond.
- 0.2 miReach Willow Run Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Home Farm Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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