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Wonderland Lake–Community Park Trail, 3 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Pine Brook Hill, CO. The route reaches Wonderland Lake. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,522 – 5,633 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.05644, -105.28135
Nearest town Pine Brook Hill, CO

Directions

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Wonderland Lake–Community Park Trail, 3 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 5,521–5,633 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: 40.05644, -105.28135

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Transit-accessible: Broadway & Violet Ave stop 162 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Four Mile Creek Path, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Community Park Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Foothills South, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Wonderland Lake Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 100 ftPass Wonderland Lake.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftReach Wonderland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left onto Foothills South, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Community Park Trail, heading N.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Four Mile Creek Path, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

51% gravel39% paved6% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 92°F59°
Feels like82°Precip8%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity16%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 91°70°
Sun 91°65° 28%
Mon 87°66° 36%
Tue 87°62° 22%
Wed 83°60° 30%
Thu 92°62° 32%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Broadway & Violet Ave stop 162 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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