Colorado Springs Trail Map

This Trail Map can be used to help find trails in areas the various areas around Colorado Springs. Each marker defines a trail location for trails in the general Colorado Springs area. The map uses the standard Google map tools so you can scroll up/down, right/left and zoom in/out to help you find the area you are interested in.

The list of trails to the right of the map when clicked will open an info box associated with the icon for that trail. In the info box, you can click on the trail to get to the trail specific page or use the google direction to here / from here to get driving directions to the trailhead location. Be aware though that Google Map directions can sometime choose "roads" that are not a good choice. It seems to not know the difference between some of the smaller roads and "jeep" roads where 4-wheel and high clearance might be needed.

If you are unsure of where a trail is or are looking for a trail in a specific area, click on one of the markers on the Google Map and it will tell you what trail it is. One word of caution, some of the directions from Google maps may use roads that are not suitable for standard vehicles which I discovered when testing some of the routes. This is because of the location of the trailheads being sometimes in remote areas may have "roads" leading to it that are not good roads.

I think that the visual layout will make it easier to find a trail within a specific area. I have also put a table of trails below the map with some specific details of each trail to help in deciding if a particular trail would be a good choice for you.

A word of caution: The assessment of the difficulty of a trail is based on my assessment of the trail. It is not intended to be more than a guide to the trail based on type of trail, elevation change, and location. Some trails may have places where the difficulty is more than the overall assessment and you should expect that this might be the case since most trails are not uniform in nature. If you feel uncomfortable about a trail , please respect your feelings and not continue on that trail. Many of the trails in this area can have sections that are at a more difficult level than the overall difficulty level for the entire trail. If you think my rating for a trail is out of line, please drop me an email or go to the forum at farrunner.freeforums.org and leave a comment. Comments about trail conditions and other useful information would also be appreciated by myself and other trail users.

Trails listed by Type

The following table provides some summary data about the trails to help you determine the suitablity of a particular trail to your plans. I have broken them down into the types of trails that best describes location/setting of the trails you will find at that location. Distances are given as round trip for out/back trails. Some of the locations will have multiple trail choices. I will try to give a range of distances for the trails.

Urban Trails

Urban trails generally will be found in subdivision locations. The trails will usually wind around between houses and follow some terrain feature such as a creek bed.

Trail Name	Description	Type	Difficulty	Distance	Elevation Gain
Cottonwood Park Trail	Northeast trail, Gentle paved trail with some street crossings	Urban	1	2.5mi	90ft
Foothills Trail	Mountain Shadows trail, Gentle terrain, some street crossings	Urban	1-2	1.0mi	250ft
Rockrimmon Trail	Central Rockrimmon trail, Gentle terrain, some street crossings	Urban	1-2	2.8mi	330ft
Sinton Trail	North Central location, paved surface with gentle terrain. Some street crossings	Urban	1-2	5.0mi	500ft
North Douglas Creek	North Central location, mostly paved surface with gentle terrain. Some street crossings	Urban	1-2	2.25mi	175ft

City Parks and Trails

City Park trails will be found in the major parks within the Colorado Springs city limits and other city locations. These trails tend to be more difficult than the urban trails but less than some of the more remote trails within and outside of the city limits.

Trail Name	Description	Type	Difficulty	Distance	Elevation Gain
Blodgett Open Space	Northwest location, unpaved trails, good views	City Trail	3-5	3-6mi	700ft
Blodgett AFA	Northwest location on Academy, unpaved trails, rolling terrain	City Trail	3-5	3-8mi	750ft
Quarry Trail	Northwest, Single track, dirt, steep in parts	County Trail	3-6	5.0mi	2675ft
Garden of the Gods	westside location, unpaved trails, views of the rock formations	City Park	2-4	4-7mi	750ft
Hole in the Wall	Northwest location, unpaved trails, views of the rock formations	Informal Trails	2-4	3-5mi	700ft
Intemann Trail	Westside location, single track, views of the rock formations	Informal Trails	3	5mi	400/1325ft
North Greenway Trail	Central spline, paved and unpaved sections, gentle terrain	City Trail	1-2	1-15mi	350ft
Palmer Park	East Central location, Lots of unpaved trails and good views	City Park	2-4	4-6mi	500ft
Pulpit Rock	North Central location, Mixed trails and rock formations	City Park	2-6	3-7mi	600ft
Red Rocks Canyon	Westside location, Lots of unpaved trails and good views	City Park	2-5	2-6mi	800ft
Seven Bridges	Westside location, Unpaved trail, running water and good views	City Park	2	3mi	530ft
Ute Valley Park	Northwest location, unpaved trails and good views	City Park	2-5	2-6mi	700ft

County Parks and Trails

County trails are trails found within the County Regional Parks and other county locations. These are similar to the ones for the city parks but a little more of a drive to reach.

Trail Name	Description	Type	Difficulty	Distance	Elevation Gain
Cheyenne Mtn	Southern location, developed trails, Fee to enter Park required	County Trail	2-5	2-10mi	1000ft
Falcon Trail	Northern location, developed trail, Loop around AFA	County Trail	3-5	13.0mi	1900ft
Mt Herman Loop	Monument, single track trail around Mt Herman	County Trail	6-8	11.0mi	2035ft
Palmer Lake Trail	Palmer Lake reservoir, unpaved trail through reservoir and beyond	County Trail	4-7	6.0+mi	1265ft
Santa Fe Trail	Northern location, wide developed trail with multiple access points for shorter options	County Trail	2-3	34.0mi	1300ft
Stanley Canyon	Air Force Academy, unpaved trail to Stanley Reservoir	County Trail	4-7	4.2mi	1550ft
St Mary's Falls	Cheyenne Canyon, unpaved and single track to Falls	County Trail	5	6mi	1550ft
West Monument Creek 713	Air Force Academy, unpaved trail to Rampart Reservoir area	County Trail	5-8	5.5mi	1450ft

Other Trails

Other trails will be found outside the county but still quite accessible by a short drive. At the current time I am not planning to include trails that require more than 2 hours of driving time to reach the trail head but this may change in the future.