35 miles of great trails covering 12,000 acres of land. Spend the night with cabins, campgrounds, and back country campsites
Golden Gate State Park provides a home for a great number and variety of wildlife, providing the perfect place for wildlife watching and wildlife photography. Among the larger animals are moose, bighorn sheep, black bear, mule deer and elk.
Golden Gate State Park provides a home for a great number and variety of wildlife, providing the perfect place for wildlife watching and wildlife photography. Among the larger animals are moose, bighorn sheep, black bear, mule deer and elk.
Community Trips
The last time I hiked this trail was probably 25 years ago. This time I went with the family (including our 2-year-old), and we made something of a round trip of it by going up Horseshoe, cutting right to survey the various campsites in Greenfield Meadow, then left on Mule Deer trail to cut back to Horseshoe for the return. I took multiple pictures of many of the campsites so campers can...
Panorama Point to Dude's Fishing Hole
Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Colorado, United States
4.7 miles
4.7 miles
Went hiking in Golden Gate Canyon State Park with the family, which includes our border collie and 2-year-old. We were planning to take Mule Deer Trail all the way to Frazer Meadow to get to the same places we hiked to via Horseshoe Trail, but decided that we'd gone about far enough and stopped at the Aspen Meadow campgrounds for lunch and then a quick jaunt down to Dude's Fishing Hole.
A good hike with Julie and Eric.
If you've only got a few hours for a quick outing, this one's for you. it takes a little while to head up from Denver, but not too long. Don't forget your $7 for a day pass (boo). There's plenty of shade over most of the trail. You get up over 9000 ft, so you have quite a view to the SW and you can see down into the city from some...
Nice mountain biking ride while camping
We had snow up to our.... should have had snowshoes.
Hiked with my 7 & 11 year olds. Stayed at the Greenfield Meadow backcountry site. Campsites are nice and private. Spring is fairly close by.
We rode Grouse, Mule Deer, Raccoon, Elk.
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