Hiking trails in Colorado
245 routes catalogued · 134 with detail pages
Our database holds 245 named hiking routes in Colorado. 134 have enough source data to support a dedicated page; the remainder are listed here with their name, length, and network type.
Long-distance trails crossing Colorado: Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (3,100 mi) · Colorado Trail (486 mi)
Always check current trail conditions, permits, and water sources with the maintaining organisation before heading out. Many western trails are impassable for half the year due to snow.
Colorado trails — curated + by length
| Trail | Length | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Continental Divide National Scenic Trail + NM, WY, ID… | 3,100 mi | National |
| Colorado Trail | 486 mi | Regional |
| ADT - Colorado A - O - Seg 3 | 242 mi | National |
| ADT - Colorado B - P - Seg 1 | 221 mi | National |
| ADT - Colorado C - Q - Seg 4 | 212 mi | National |
| ADT - Colorado B - P - Seg 2 | 163 mi | National |
| ADT - Colorado C - Q - Seg 6 | 114 mi | National |
| ADT - Colorado C - Q - Seg 5 | 96 mi | National |
| ADT - Kansas - N - Seg 8 + KS | 78 mi | National |
| ADT - Utah - R - Seg 1 + UT | 69 mi | National |
| Barr Trail | 12 mi | lnw |
| The Incline | 1 mi | |
| Alcove Nature Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Argentine Central Railroad Grade Trail | — | lhn |
| Aspen Loop Trail | — | |
| Baby Bathtubs Trial | — | Local |
| Bear Creek Trail | — | National |
| Bear Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Beaver Ponds on Trail Ridge Road | — | |
| Bent Rock Trail | — | Local |
| Black Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Black Ridge Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Blue Lake Trail | — | |
| Blue Lakes | — | |
| Boulder Valley Ranch Trails | — | Local |
| Box Canyon Trail | — | |
| Brookside-McCurdy Trail | — | Local |
| Browns Creek Falls Trail | — | |
| Buchannan Pass Trail | — | |
| Bull Canyon Trail | — | |
| Button Rock Trail | — | Local |
| CCC Era Campground C-Loop Restroom | — | |
| CCC Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| CDT iipST | — | Regional |
| CDT iiyST | — | Regional |
| CDT ilcST | — | Regional |
| CDT ilgST | — | Regional |
| CDT in-xx Misc Old Route Alternates | — | Regional |
| Cabin Canyon Trail | — | |
| Canyon Rim Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Cheyenne Rim Trail + WY | — | lhn |
| Chukar Trail | — | |
| Cliff Palace Loop Road | — | |
| Coke Ovens Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Collegiate East | — | Regional |
| Collegiate West | — | Regional |
| Colorado Front Range Trail | — | Regional |
| Colorado River Trail | — | Regional |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 10 Hagerman Pass Road to Halfmoon Creek | — | |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 11 Half Moon Creek to Clear Creek Road | — | |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 12 Clear Creek to North Cottonwood Creek Road | — | |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 13 North Cottonwood Creek Road to Chalk Creek Trailhead | — | |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 14 Chalk Creek Trailhead to US-50 | — | |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 15 US-50 to Marshall Pass | — | |
| Colorado Trail Seg. 9 Tennessee Pass to Hagerman Pass Road | — | |
| Columbine | — | |
| Columbine Trail | — | |
| Confluence Trail | — | |
| Continental Divide National Scenic Trail - Rocky Mtn Park | — | Local |
| Corkscrew Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Crag Crest National Recreation Trail | — | Local |
| Cutler Creek Trail | — | Regional |
| DFC 1 Mile Walking Course | — | |
| DFC 2 Mile Walking Course | — | |
| Daisy Pass 404 Trail | — | |
| Dancing Horse Trail + NM | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail | — | Regional |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 1 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 10 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 11 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 12 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 13 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 14 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 15 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 16 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 17 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 18 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 19 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 2 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 20 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 21 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 22 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 23 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 24 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 25 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 26 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 27 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 28 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 3 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 4 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 5 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 6 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 7 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 8 | — | Local |
| Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 9 | — | Local |
| Desert Voices Trail | — | |
| Devils Kitchen Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Dexter Creek Trail | — | National |
| Difficulty Creek Trail | — | |
| Ditch Road | — | Regional |
| East Inlet Trail | — | Regional |
| Echo Canyon Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Emerald Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Emmaline Lake Trail | — | |
| Farming Terrace Trail | — | |
| Fern Lake Trail | — | Regional |
| Flat Top Mountain Trail | — | Regional |
| Forest Discovery Trail | — | Local |
| Fossil Discovery Trail Petroglyphs | — | |
| Frog Pond Trail | — | |
| Frog Pond Trail | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 1 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 10 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 11 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 12 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 13 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 14 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 15 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 16 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 2 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 3 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 4 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 5 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 6 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 7 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 8 | — | |
| Gates of Lodore Trail Stop 9 | — | |
| Geneva Lake Trail | — | Regional |
| Glacier Gorge Trail | — | Regional |
| Grand Ditch Trail | — | Regional |
| Hankins Pass Trail | — | Local |
| Harpers Corner Trail | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 1 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 10 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 11 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 12 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 13 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 14 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 15 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 16 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 2 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 3 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 4 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 5 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 6 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 7 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 8 | — | |
| Harpers Corner Trail Stop 9 | — | |
| Haynach Lake Trail | — | Local |
| Hog Canyon Trail | — | |
| Hornbek Wildlife Loop | — | |
| Horsethief Trial | — | National |
| Ice Park Shortcut | — | |
| Jones Hole Trail | — | |
| Jud Wiebe Memorial Loop | — | |
| Kebler Wagon Trail | — | |
| Knife Edge Trail | — | |
| Lake Haiyaha Trail | — | Local |
| Lake Park Trail | — | Local |
| Liberty Cap Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Little Beaver Creek Trail | — | |
| Little Beaver Creek Trail | — | |
| Longs Peak Trail | — | Regional |
| Lower Cascade Falls Trail | — | Local |
| Maroon-Snowmass Trail | — | Regional |
| Mesa Top Loop (Introduction) | — | |
| Mesa Top Loop Road | — | |
| Mitten Park Trail | — | |
| Monument Canyon Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Mount Cutler Trail | — | |
| Mount Margaret Trail | — | |
| Mount McConnel Nature Trail | — | |
| Mount Muscoco Trail | — | |
| Mount Sherman - Southwest Ridge from Fourmile Creek | — | |
| Mount Sherman from Iowa Gulch | — | |
| Mt. Lamborn Summit Trail | — | Local |
| Mule Deer Meadow Trail | — | Regional |
| No Thoroughfare Canyon Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| North Fork | — | |
| North Fork Cutoff Trail | — | Regional |
| North Longs Peak Trail | — | Regional |
| North Table Loop Trail | — | Local |
| Oak Creek Trail | — | National |
| Old Gordon Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Old Twin Peaks Trail | — | Local |
| Otto's Trail (Colorado National Monument) | — | |
| Ouray Perimeter Trail | — | Regional |
| Pearl Creek | — | |
| Petrified Forest Loop | — | |
| Petroglyph Point Trail | — | |
| Pinon Ridge Picnic Loop | — | Local |
| Platte River Trail | — | |
| Point Lookout Trail | — | |
| Portland Trail | — | Local |
| Prater Ridge Trail | — | |
| Rainbow Trail | — | Regional |
| Rat Trails Karni Mata Loop | — | |
| Rawah Trail | — | |
| Ring the Peak | — | Regional |
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About this list
Trail data comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) plus a hand-curated set of America's 11 National Scenic Trails and 26 well-known regional long-distance trails. Multi-state trails appear under each state they pass through. See our methodology page.