2, you’ll see the Turkey Flats Trail head on your left. 1 turnoff and the Fruita picnic ground, then past Fruita Reservoir No. In another 1.5 miles you’ll enter the Grand Mesa National Forest. In another 1.3 miles you’ll come to a fork in the road. You’ll find Mud Springs Campground about 4.2 miles past the end of the pavement. This is a well-maintained dirt road, but there are a few blind curves, so watch your speed. The pavement ends in another 2.6 miles, but stay on it. Turn left and go to the store, which is 14.5 miles from Fourth and Main. Once you’re through the tunnel and reach the top, you’ll come to a turnoff for the Glade Park Store. (You don’t have to pay the Park fee if you’re going to Glade Park, but it would be nice if you could support a national monument in our own backyard). Travel through the Colorado National Monument’s east entrance. To reach this trail head, take Grand Avenue over the Colorado River Bridge and turn left onto Monument Road. Hikers will take about 4.5 to six hours to complete the round-trip. Self-propelled fat tire enthusiasts can ride this loop in 1.5 to two hours. 661) is off limits to motorized transport. Once there, the Turkey Flats Loop (Trail No. Temperatures were at least 20 degrees cooler in the aspen forest than in the concrete jungle below, and it took fewer than 50 minutes to get there in the vehicle. After last week’s running race on the same trail, most of the visitors had gone home. I discovered a handful of other vehicles at the trail head, but it was not what I would call crowded. This loop trail is on Glade Park, in that small section of the Grand Mesa Forest found near the Fruita reservoirs above Mud Springs Campground. I took a sweet, therapeutic hike up in altitude and attitude to Turkey Flats. Maybe it was the chores I wished to avoid. Maybe it was my feet sensing an escape was near. Maybe it was my body sensing another 96-degree day. I had not tried hiking on a Sunday in a month of Sundays. Sunday hike to Turkey Flats a chance to escape the heat This article by Bill Haggerty gives the main information necessary to find the trail head, and stay on track. Horses are also welcome.īelow find a couple of reviews that include directions and other information about the trail. It is for hikers and non-motorized vehicles, which means mountain bikes are allowed. ![]() Glade Park & Pinon Mesa Outdoor Pursuits Turkey Flats Trail
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