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Park County Colorado Hiking Trails
Lake Park Trail #639
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Pike
& San Isabel National Forest, Cimarron & Comanche National
Grasslands, National Forest in Colorado
Available for Hiking & Horseback riding, the 4.6 mile Lake Park Trail is
accessed via the Hankins Pass Trail or the Brookside-McCurdy Trail. Lake Park
Trail provides access to the high country west of Goose Creek. From the top of
Hankins Pass, Lake Park Trail winds up through formations of red Pikes Peak
granite and offers long views to the south & west. Lake Park is a small open
park at almost 11,000' and is surrounded by granite formations and the snags of
a ghost forest from a fire long ago. Lake Park Trail is often traveled as part
of a larger loop hike incorporation the Hankins Pass, Brookside-McCurdy, McCurdy
Park & Goose Creek Trails.
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Lake Park Trail climbs north from the top of Hankins Pass through fairly open
rocky country into Lake Park. Skirting the west side of the park, Lake Park
Trail continues to rise between granite walls to it's high point. From here Lake
Park Trail drops down to the north and west to join the Brookside- McCurdy Trail
above Hay Creek.
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