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Prairie Gateway Open Space

Yosemite Street via Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Perimeter Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Yosemite Street via Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Perimeter Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Prairie Gateway Open Space near Montbello, CO. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,128 – 5,243 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.80333, -104.87227
Nearest town Montbello, CO
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Yosemite Street via Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Perimeter Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Elevation 5,129–5,245 ft

Out & Back · Prairie Gateway Open Space

Trailhead: 39.80333, -104.87227

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Prairie Gateway Open Space Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Gateway Open Space Loop Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 1 miTurn right onto Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  16. 2.2 miBear left onto Yosemite Street, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftReach Yosemite Street, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 200 ftBear right onto Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
  19. 2.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 1 miBear left onto Prairie Gateway Open Space Loop Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Gateway Open Space Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  29. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  33. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/yosemite-street-out-back-15-km-2e8c

Trail surface

47% gravel35% dirt14% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM

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 7:52 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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