San Juan National Forest · Colorado

Sand Creek

15 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 593 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike, e-bike, motorcycle, atv · motorized use allowed · seasonal: hiking 06/01-09/30

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 37.3854, -107.2654 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Sand Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Sand Creek Trailhead gives access to the Quartz Ridge Trail (570) and the Coal Creek Trail (581).

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.