Colorado hiking trails - Blue Creek Trail, Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains, Mesa County
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Latitude: 38.61806
Longitude: -108.7
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| | Alright, enough of spending all this time inside a building, time to get out, and Blue Creek Trail in Mesa County, Colorado is just what you need. There are many hiking trails in the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains, it's a great hiking area. You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting things in the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Blue Creek Trail has to offer, you can camp at Divide Forks Campground, and why not a little side journey to Mailbox Branch Blue Creek.
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Colorado is always a pleasure to visit during hiking season. Because Blue Creek Trail is very far from civilization there's great natural beauty awaiting you along it.
High temperatures at Blue Creek Trail during the summertime months are in the 90's, and during the night it
| cools down to the 60's. During the winter highs are in the 40's; overnight lows at Blue Creek Trail throughout the wintertime frequently sink into the 10's. There's whitewater on Dolores River for all you thrill seekers, and hey, Bunch Ground Branch Blue Creek is a wonderful local stream. Around Blue Creek Trail you don’t get a lot of rain; the month with most of the rain is August while June is generally the driest month.
You can run the rapids of Escalante Creek next to Blue Creek Trail. There's so much to do here at Blue Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Dominguez Campground is a perfect place for that. | |
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| | Trails Near Blue Creek Trail:
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Mailbox Trail, Mesa County
, 1 miles away |
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Franks Bench Trail, Mesa County
, 1 miles away |
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Massey Trail, Mesa County
, 2 miles away |
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Beaver Dam Trail, Mesa County
, 2 miles away |
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Divide Forks Trail, Mesa County
, 3 miles away |
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Ute Creek Trail, Mesa County
, 3 miles away |
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Telephone Trail, Mesa County
, 5 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Blue Creek Trail:
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Dolores River, Montezuma/Dolores County
County
, 18 miles away, Class II+ - 44 miles long (Bedrock to Gateway) |
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Escalante Creek, Gunnison County
County
, 26 miles away, Class V - 6.5 miles long (Escalante Forks to Captain Smith's Cabin) |
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Colorado River, Grand County
County
, 26 miles away, Class I-II - 27 miles long (Loma to Westwater) |
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Kannah Creek, Mesa County
County
, 27 miles away, Class III - 6.5 miles long (Route 50 to Route 141) |
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Dolores River, Montezuma/Dolores County
County
, 28 miles away, Class II+(III) - 50 miles long (Slickrock to Bedrock) |
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| | National Parks Near Blue Creek Trail:
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Colorado National Monument, Fruita - CO
, 30 miles away |
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Arches National Park, Moab - UT
, 57 miles away |
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Canyonlands National Park, Moab - UT
, 57 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Blue Creek Trail:
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Rodeway Inn Grand Junction, Grand Junction
, 26 miles away |
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Hawthorn Suites Ltd Grand Junction, Grand Junction
, 26 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Grand Junction, Co, Grand Junction
, 26 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Grand Junction, Co, Grand Junction
, 28 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites GRAND JUNCTION NORTHEAST, Grand Junction
, 28 miles away |
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