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Colorado Springs Region Day Hiking Trails Index
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Day Hiking Trails List
| Trail Name / Links to Descriptions | 1-Way (mi) | Rise (ft) | Difficulty |
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| Aiken Preserve Trail. See description "Aiken Preserve Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 4.0 loop | Easy | |
| Aspen Grove BPW Trail #712. USFS webpage. Nature trail for physically challenged. See description " BPW Trail #712" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 0.4 loop | +20 | Easy |
| Barr National Recreation Trail #620. USFS webpage. See description "Barr Trail #620" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). Website for Barr Camp near halfway point. | 13.0 | +7,380 | Strenuous |
| Bear Creek Cañon Park Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map. | |||
| Bear Creek Trail #666-667. Trailhead in Bear Creek Cañon Park (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS park map. See description "Bear Creek Trail #666-667" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Jones Park via Bear Creek Canyon" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 2.0 | +1,420 | Moderate |
| Black Forest Regional Park Trail System (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC park map. | |||
| Black Forest Section 16 Trail. See "Black Forest Section 16" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 4.0 loop | ||
| Bottomless Pit Trail #632. See description "Bottomless Pit Trail #632" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 2.4 + approach | +750 | Moderate |
| Catamount Falls Trail / Thomas Trail. See description "Catamount Falls Trail, Thomas Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Catamount Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | Varies | Strenuous | |
| Catamount Ranch Resource Protection Area Trail System (Teller County Division of Parks). TC park webpage. TC trails map. See "Elder-Fehn Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Centennial Bicycle Trail #669 (aka Manitou Bike Trail). USFS webpage. See description "Centennial Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Centennial Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 8.2 | +120 | Easy |
| Chautauqua Mountain Trail #715. See description "Chautauqua Mountain Trail #715 - Palmer Lake" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | Moderate | ||
| Cheyenne Mountain State Park Trails System (Colorado State Parks). SP trails webpage. SP trails map. See "Cheyenne Mountain State Park" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Clear Spring Ranch Trail System (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC park map. | |||
| Columbine Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). In North Cheyenne Cañon Park Trail System. CS regional parks webpage. CS park map brochure page 1. CS park map brochure page 2. See description "Columbine Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Columbine Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 3.0 | +1080 | Moderate |
| Colorado Front Range Trail System (Colorado State Parks). SP trail webpage. SP trail middle section overview map. SP trail detailed maps. | |||
| Colorado Springs City Trail System. CS trails webpage. CS trails map. See "Cottonwood Creek Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Crags Trail #664. USFS webpage. ORIC trail map/description sheet. See description "Crags Trail #664" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "The Crags" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 2.09 | +626 | Easy |
| Crews Gulch Regional Trail (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC trail map. | |||
| Devil's Playground Trail #753. USFS webpage. See description "Devil's Playground Trail #753" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Pikes Peak from the Crags" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 6.5 | +4,010 | Strenuous |
| Dome Rock State Wildlife Area Trails System (Colorado Division of Wildlife). CDW trails map. | |||
| Dome Rock Trail #46. In Dome Rock State Wildlife Area (Colorado Division of Wildlife). CDW trails map. See description "Dome Rock Trail #46" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Dome Rock" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 4.9 | Easy | |
| Dorothy Falls Trail. See "Dorothy Falls" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.0 | ||
| Elk Park Trail #652. USFS webpage. See description "Elk Park Trail #652" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 5.2 | Easy | |
| Emerald Valley Pipeline Trail. See description "Emerald Valley Pipeline Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Emerald Valley Pipeline Loop" webpage on OutThereColorado.com website. | 3.0 | Easy | |
| Falcon Trail. See description "Falcon Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See map of Air Force Academy trails on Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates website. | 12.0 loop | Easy | |
| Florissant Fossil Beds National Mounment Trails System (National Park Service). NPS trails webpage. NPS trails map. | |||
| Foothills Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS trails webpage. CS trail map north. CS trail map south. See description "Foothills Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 4.7 | Easy | |
| Foresters Trail #701. See description "Foresters Trail #701" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 3.9 | Easy | |
| Fountain Creek Regional Trail (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC trail map. | |||
| Fox Run Regional Park Trail System (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC park webpage. EPC park map. See description "North Loop Trail #703" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Fox Run Regional Park" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| French Creek Trail #703. See description "French Creek Trail #703" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Manitou Reservoir / French Creek Loop" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 3.0 + approach | Moderate | |
| Garden of the Gods Park Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map brochure page 1. CS park map brochure page 2. See "Garden of the Gods" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Gold Camp Road Trail #370. See description "Gold Camp Road Trail #370" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Gold Camp Road" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 7.8 | +1,520 | Easy |
| Heizer Trail. See description "Mount Heizer Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Heizer Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.4 | Strenuous | |
| Horseshoe Mountain Trail. See description "Horseshoe Mountain Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 2.9 | Moderate | |
| Horsethief Park Trail #704. USFS webpage. For a shorter walk, see description "Horsethief Falls Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Horsethief Falls / Pancake Rocks" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. See "Trail Between Raspberry and Horsethief Park" webpage on Ring the Peak website. | 4.0 | +1,400 | Moderate |
| Intemann Trail. See description "Intemann Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Paul Intemann Memorial Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 4.9 | Easy | |
| Jones Park Trail #667 (aka Captain Jack's Trail). USFS webpage. See description "Jones Park Trail #667" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Jones Park via Bear Creek Canyon" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 6.0 | +1,200 | Moderate |
| Lovell Gulch Trail #706. USFS webpage. See description "Lovell Gulch Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Lovell Gulch" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 5.5 loop | +0 | Easy to Moderate |
| Manitou Incline. ManitouIncline.com. Extremely popular hike despite being on private property and officially closed. May be about to open to the public. See "Manitou Springs Incline webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.0 | +2,000 | Strenuous |
| Manitou Reservoir Trail #638. See description "Manitou Reservoir Trail #638" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Manitou Reservoir / French Creek Loop" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 3.3 + approach | Moderate | |
| Mays Peak Trail. See "Mays Peak" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.3 | ||
| Mesa Valley Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS trail map. See description "Mesa Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 3.3 | Easy | |
| Missouri Gulch Trail. See description "Missouri Gulch Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 2.1 | Moderate | |
| Monument Trail #715. See description "Monument Trail #715" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 8.1 | Moderate | |
| Mount Cutler Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). In North Cheyenne Cañon Park Trail System. CS regional parks webpage. CS park map brochure page 1. CS park map brochure page 2. See description "Mount Cutler Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Mount Cutler" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.0 | Strenuous | |
| Mount Esther Trail. See description "Mount Esther Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Mt. Esther / Crowe Gulch Trails" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 2.3 | Moderate | |
| Mount Herman Trail #716. USFS webpage. See description "Mount Herman Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Mount Herman" webpage on summitpost.org website. | 4.0 | Moderate | |
| Mountain View Trail #671. See description "Mountain View Trail #671" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 1.2 | +230 | Moderate |
| Mueller State Park Trails System (Colorado State Parks). SP trails webpage. SP trails map. | |||
| New Santa Fe Regional Trail (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC trail map. See description "New Santa Fe Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 14.0 | Easy | |
| Nichols Trail #709. See description "Nichols Trail #709" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 1.9 | +275 | Moderate |
| North Cheyenne Cañon Park Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map brochure page 1. CS park map brochure page 2. See "Silver Cascade Falls" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| North Slope Recreation Area Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS trails map. | |||
| Old Forest Road #331 Trail. See description "Old Forest Road #331 Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 2.4 | Moderate | |
| Paint Mines Interpretive Park Trail System (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC park brochure. ORIC trail map/description sheet. | Varies | Negligible | Easy |
| Palmer Divide Regional Trail (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC trail map. | |||
| Palmer Park Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map brochure page 1. CS park map brochure page 2. See description "Palmer Park Trails" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Palmer Park" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Palmer - Red Rocks (Section 16) Trail. See description "Palmer - Red Rocks (Section 16) Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Palmer Trail Loop / Section 16" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 4.8 loop | Moderate | |
| Penrose Trail #665 (aka Lower Captain Jack's Trail). USFS webpage. See description "Penrose Trail #665 (Captain Jacks)" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See top of Colorado Springs map webpage "North Cheyenne Cañon Park and Stratton Open Space." See "Penrose / Sesame Canyon Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 2.5 | +800 | Moderate |
| Pipeline Trail #668. USFS webpage. See description "Pipeline Trail #668" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Trail Between Frosty Park and Bear Creek" webpage on Ring the Peak website. | 3.0 + approach | +1,210 | Moderate |
| Pikes Peak Greenway Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS trails webpage. CS trail map. See description "Pikes Peak Greenway" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 14.0. | Easy | |
| Rainbow Gulch Trail #714. USFS webpage. See description "Rainbow Gulch Trail #714" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Rampart Reservoir Trail" map webpage on Team Telecycle website. | 1.4 | Easy | |
| Rampart Reservoir Trail #700. USFS webpage. See description "Rampart Reservoir Trail #700" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Rampart Reservoir Trail" map webpage on Team Telecycle website. | 11.6 loop | Easy | |
| Raspberry Mountain Trail. ORIC trail map/description sheet. See "Raspberry Mountain" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 2.2 | +1,225 | Moderate |
| Red Mountain Trail. See "Red Mountain via Intemann Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.3 | Easy to Moderate | |
| Red Rock Canyon Open Space Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map. See "Red Rocks Canyon Open Space" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Red Rocks Trail #708. USFS webpage. | 2.25 loop | Easy | |
| Ridgecrest Trail #644. See description "Ridgecrest Trail #644" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 0.4 | Easy | |
| Ring the Peak Trail System. USFS webpage. Friends of the Peak webpage. | 63 | ||
| Rock Island Regional Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space; El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). CS trails webpage. CS trail map. EPC trail map. See description "Rock Island Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | Separate sections | Easy | |
| Saint Mary's Falls Trail #624. USFS webpage. See description "Saint Mary's Falls Trail #624" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "St. Marys Falls Trail" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.6 | +980 | Moderate |
| Scar Mountain Trail. See "Scar Mountain" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. Trailhead on property of Glen Eyrie Conference Center. Advance reservations required. | 1.6 | ||
| Schubarth Trail #721 / Forest Road #307. See description "Schubarth Trail #721 & FR #307" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See Colorado Springs Trails webpage. | 5.2 | Moderate | |
| Seven Bridges Trail (aka North Cheyenne Creek Trail) #622. USFS webpage. See description "Seven Bridges #622" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Seven Bridges Trail to Jones Park webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 1.5 | +1,500 | Moderate |
| Severy Creek Trail #661. See description "Severy Creek Trail #661" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 4.1 | +2,540 | Moderate |
| Shooks Run Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS trails webpage. CS trail map. See description "Shooks Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 3.9 | Easy | |
| Signal Butte Trail System. See description "Signal Butte Trail Network #717" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See Signal Butte Trail #719 below. | |||
| Signal Butte Trail #719. See description "Signal Butte Trail #719" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). Part of Signal Butte Trail System above. See summitpost.org webpage. | 0.6 | Strenuous | |
| Sinton Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS trails webpage. CS trail map. See description "Sinton Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). Part of Colorado Springs City Trail System above. | 3.0 | Easy | |
| Skyline Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS trails webpage. CS trail map. See description "Skyline Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 5.8 | Easy | |
| Spring Creek Trail (Colorado Division of Wildlife). CDW trails map. See description "Spring Creek Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 2.1 | Moderate | |
| Stanley Canyon Trail #707 & Rim Trail #722. See description "Stanley Canyon Trail #707 & Rim #722" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Stanley Canyon" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 3.0 | +1,370 | Strenuous |
| Stratton Open Space (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map. | |||
| Sundance Trail. See description "Sundance Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See Colorado Mountain Club Rampart East Roadless Area map. | 1.7 + approach | Moderate | |
| Templeton Gap Trail (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). To CS trails webpage. To CS trail map. See description "Templeton Gap Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 5.1 | Easy | |
| Ute Pass Regional Trail (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC trail map. See description "Ute Indian Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See Trails and Open Space Coalition webpage. | |||
| Ute Valley Park Trail System (Colorado Springs Parks, Trails & Open Space). CS regional parks webpage. CS park map. See "Ute Valley Park" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | |||
| Waldo Canyon Loop Trail #640. USFS webpage. See description "Waldo Canyon Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See "Waldo Canyon" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 7.0 loop | +1,000 | Moderate |
| West Loop Trail (El Paso County Parks, Trails & Facilities). EPC park map. See description "West Loop Trail" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 1.9 loop | Easy | |
| West Monument Creek Trail #713. See description "West Monument Creek Tr #713" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). See map of Air Force Academy trails on Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates website. | 6.0 | +2,100 | Strenuous |
| Williams Canyon Trail. See "Williams Canyon" webpage on Colorado Springs Hiking website. | 3.1 | Moderate | |
| Willow Creek Trail #40 (Colorado Division of Wildlife). In Dome Rock State Wildlife Area. CDW trails map. See description "Willow Creek Trail #40" on map Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak (Sky Terrain). | 4.2 | Moderate |
