Best Hikes Denver and Boulder: Simple Strolls, Day Hikes, and Longer Adventures

Contents
Acknowledgments
Meet Your Guide
Introduction
How to Use This Guide
Trail Finder
Trail Ratings
The Plains
	1 Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Loop
	2 Devil’s Backbone Loops
	3 Eagle Wind Trail—Rabbit Mountain
	4 Big Bluestem Loop
	5 Trails for Dinosaur Lovers
	6 South Valley Park Loop
	7 Roxborough State Park Loops
	8 Swallowtail Trail
	9 Hidden Mesa Trail
	10 Castlewood Canyon State Park Loops
	11 Blackmer Loop—Cheyenne Mountain State Park
	12 Talon Loops—Cheyenne Mountain State Park
The Foothills
	13 Homestead Meadows
	14 Nighthawk Trail—Hall Ranch
	15 Green Mountain West Ridge Trail
	16 Walker Ranch Loop
	17 Rattlesnake Gulch Trail—Eldorado Canyon State Park
	18 Mount Galbraith Park
	19 White Ranch Park Northwest Loop
	20 Travois Trail—Centennial Cone Park
	21 Beaver Brook Trail
	22 Sisters/Bearberry Loop—Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
	23 Shadow Pine Loop—Flying J Ranch Park
	24 Mason Creek and Bear Paw Loop—Staunton State Park
	25 O’Fallon Park Loop
	26 Mount Falcon Park Upper Loop
	27 Bill Couch Mountain—Deer Creek Canyon Park
	28 Spruce Mountain Loop
	29 Sandstone Ranch Loop
The Mountains
	30 Gem Lake
	31 Sandbeach Lake
	32 Buchanan Pass Trail 910
	33 Ouzel Falls and Lake
	34 Chasm Lake
	35 Caribou Ranch Loop
	36 Arapaho Glacier Trail 905
	37 Black Bear/Horseshoe Loop—Golden Gate Canyon State Park
	38 M. Walter Pesman Trail—Mount Goliath Natural Area
	39 Mount Flora Trail
	40 Griffin Monument
	41 Herman Lake
Clubs and Trail Groups
Further Reading
Hike Index