Windmill Pond & East/West Regional Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 545 ft · 3 hr 52 min
Windmill Pond & East/West Regional Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Dad Clark Natural Area near Kistler Park, CO. The route reaches Windmill Pond. It climbs 545 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Windmill Pond & East/West Regional Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 545 ft · 3 hr 52 min
Elevation 5,677–6,131 ft
Out & Back · Dad Clark Natural Area
Trailhead: 39.52037, -104.95770
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dad Clark Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto East/West Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Windmill Pond.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.2 miReach Windmill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Dad Clark Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 1 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Windmill Pond via East/West Regional Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Outlaw 2.2 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- East/West Regional Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- East/West Regional Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- East/West Regional Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 219 ft
- Highlands Point–Brandin' Iron Cutoff Loop, 5 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 273 ft
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