Day Use
Spruce Picnic Site
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Nearby trails
12
Activities
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Campgrounds
About Spruce Picnic Site
Spruce Picnic Area is located along East Rifle Creek and is accessible via Forest Road-832. The Picnic Area has multiple creekside picnic tables that each have standing grills. Other amenities include fire pits, a volleyball net, and an open grass field. Picnic tables are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. This is a day use area only; no camping is allowed. There is parking for approximately 15 cars and a vault toilet.
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Spruce Picnic Site
Sun & Moon
1:15 PM
Sunrise
6:59 PM
Solar Noon
12:42 AM
Sunset
Golden Hour AM → 1:52 PM
Golden Hour PM ← 12:06 AM
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Waning Crescent
1% illuminated
Live11h 26m of daylight
Spruce Picnic Site
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LiveSep 15 – Oct 15 · Based on historical averages
Spruce Picnic Site
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Off Season
October — October conditions
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easy · 3.9 mi · 579 ft gain
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CHERRY CREEK CONNECTOR
easy · 1.36 mi · 260 ft gain
Clark Point
easy · 1.66 mi · 239 ft gain
Bobcat Trail
easy · 0.87 mi · 356 ft gain
Cut-Off to Mansfield
0.4 mi · 161 ft gain
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