Walker Homestead Trail
Colorado
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0.2 mi
Distance
71 ft
Gain
2 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Walker Homestead Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 71 ft
- Elevation loss
- 37 ft
- Highest point
- 8,502 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,417 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Walker Homestead Trail is a short 0.23-mile trail near 40.3°N 105.4°W in Colorado with 120 feet of elevation gain. The trail is managed by the Forest Service as part of the Trails near 40.3°N 105.4°W system.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 8,418 ft
- High point
- 8,502 ft
- Total climbing
- 71 ft
- Total descent
- 37 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 6% grade right from the start
- Length
- 0.2 mi
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Canyon Lakes Ranger District · Ranger district
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Canyon Lakes Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Cameron Peak Fire Road Closures
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
West Crystal A - Mechanical Fuelbreak Area and Road Closure
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Griffith HomesteadMountain biking0.2 mi
- Lions PawMountain biking0.2 mi
- Big Elk Meadows - BouldersRock climbing3.3 mi
- Sanctuary, TheRock climbing3.7 mi
- North Saint Vrain CreekCanoeing6.3 mi
- Meeker Park Overflow CampgroundCamping6.5 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin CampgroundCamping7.8 mi
- Glacier CreekCanoeing8.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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