National Recreation Area · Colorado

Trails in Arapaho National Recreation Area

8 named trails · 17 miles · 7 trailheads · 1 with the Forest Service's own write-up. Each trail's page has its profile, trailhead and the Service's write-up. The lines, trailheads and points are the Forest Service's; the write-ups are the Service's own words; the climbing is read from USGS elevation along each line.

The trails inside Arapaho National Recreation Area's boundary, from Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests; each trail's page is on its forest.

Open on the parks map Find a trail Forest on fs.usda.gov

8 trails, A to Z.

Colorado River Trail

1.0 mi · about 20 ft of climbing · seasonal

Picnic areasno trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

Doe Creek East

0.8 mi · about 150 ft of climbing · seasonal

no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

Green Ridge

0.9 mi · about 30 ft of climbing · seasonal

Picnic areasthe Service's write-upno trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

High Lonesome Spur

0.4 mi · about 150 ft of climbing · seasonal

no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

John Kirkpatrick

0.3 mi · seasonal

Shadow Mountain Dam Trailhead Drive there

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

Strawberry Bench

3.9 mi · about 500 ft of climbing · seasonal

no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

Strawberry Creek

7.8 mi · about 1,100 ft of climbing · seasonal

no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

Strawberry Lake

1.8 mi · about 850 ft of climbing · seasonal

no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Length, climbing, trailhead and the write-up ·

About these trails

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.