GeoBiking CO_DS LDQ Trail Description

LittleDryQ Little Dry Cr Trail (south Metro)
Trail Network Overview Starts at Platte River & Dartmouth, following trail E to Cushing Park & on to RTD Park & Ride
It continues onto Hampden to pick up the Creek trail again to Clarkson - Then S to Quincy.
Follows asphalt path on N side of Quincy to University, then S sideto Monaco - S to Union.
At Cherry Cr state park follows E side entering park and making a loop connecting to CCN trail.
Key LDQ Connects to: Cherry Cr N Also Known As:
  GoldSmith Gulch Hampden Heights
Waypoints 28   Highline Canal Central
  Platte River S New Last Modified Extended to Cherry Cr Tr inside of park
  Wet Cat Tail 4/30/2008 1/15/09
   
Distance Statistics
Cycle Computer TrackLog Route   Round Trip
12.4 11.3
Elevation Statistics
Start End Min Max Gain Ascent Descent Grade
5,260 5,595 5,260 5,677 335 794 1
Type MUPS - Drainage / Conn Rating Mild
Codes Rpbcad
Surfaces Concrete, Multi-use paths, asphalt paths, some bike lane and fine crusher dirt paths in Cherry Cr State park.
Notes May skip LDQ-gmwp thru LDQubl and use bike lane instead (either direction)
Track Color Map Color Track Starts @ Track Ends @
Blue Blue Platte River S @ Dartmouth (LDQprs) Park & Ride (LDSloop)
Waypoint Latitude Longitude Comment Altitude Waypoint Type Long Description / note
LDQprs 39 39.598 -105  0.224 PRS Tr Dartmouth 5,260 Bike Trail Platte River Trail @ Dartmouth
LDQ-cp 39 39.548 -104 59.826 Cushing Pk 5,303 Park Cushing Park - Fountain - restrooms
LDQews 39 39.409 -104 59.953 Englewood Station 5,291 Truck Stop Englewood Station - RTD Park N Ride
Light Rail
LDQfldw 39 39.410 -104 59.857 W Floyd Bypass 5,285 Waypoint Floyd Avenue N of wall to avoid high traffic
LDQflde 39 39.410 -104 59.618 E Floyd Bypass 5,300 Waypoint E end of Floyd ave bypass - S on W side
LDQeep 39 39.289 -104 59.617 Use S side E 5,312 Waypoint Elati & Englewood Pkwy - Use S side East
LDQcep 39 39.288 -104 59.484 Go S on W side 5,304 Waypoint Cherokee & Englewood Pkwyy Go S on W side
LDQ-ch 39 39.203 -104 59.482 Go E on N side 5,321 Waypoint Cherokee & Hampden Go E on N side
LDQldcw 39 39.199 -104 59.382 LDC Tr W 5,322 Bike Trail Little Dry Cr trail restarts N of Hampden
LDQldce 39 38.930 -104 58.705 LDC Tr E 5,362 Bike Trail Little Dry Cr trail ends Go S on Clarkson
Track uses E side - just dirt in places
LDQ-qw 39 38.341 -104 58.702 E on N side Quincy 5,462 Bike Trail Use asphalt Tr on N side of Quincy
LDQ-qu 39 38.358 -104 57.569 S side E of University 5,471 Waypoint Use asphalt Tr S side of Quincy E of University
LDQhcc 39 38.312 -104 56.174 HCC Tr 5,494 Bike Trail Highline Canal Tr crossing
LDQwct 39 38.288 -104 54.760 WCT Tr 5,620 Bike Trail Wet Cat Tr crossing head down E side Monaco
LDQ-bs 39 37.713 -104 54.322 Bellview Station 5,665 Truck Stop Bellview Station Light Rail
LDQgsh 39 37.888 -104 53.533 GSH Tr 5,565 Bike Trail GoldSmithHam crossing - use S side for track
Use N side bike lane to here if westbound.
LDQgmwp 39 37.897 -104 53.461 GM Wallace Pk 5,569 Park GM Wallace Park - follow Tr eastbound
LDQlpe 39 37.887 -104 53.348 Leave Pk E 5,623 Waypoint Leave Pk E on union (residential)
LDQubl 39 37.883 -104 53.203 Union Bike Lane 5,640 Waypoint Use Bike lane to CCSP
LDQcchs 39 37.877 -104 52.807 Cherry Cr HS 5,675 School Cherry Cr High School
LDQccnw 39 37.934 -104 52.642 CCN Tr W 5,640 Bike Trail Cherry Cr N Trail W junction
LDQccsp 39 37.664 -104 52.541 Enter CCSP 5,633 Bike Trail Enter Cherry Cr State Park on gravel trail
LDQloop 39 37.659 -104 51;870 CCSP loop 5,595 Bike Trail Start CCSP loop Go S
LDQ2wb 39 37.601 -104 51.825 2 Way Bench 5,618 Scenic Area 2 way bench
LDQ-pr 39 37.499 -104 50.989 Go N on Pk Rd 5,562 Bike Trail Head N on CCSP park rd marked shoulder
LDQmapf 39 37.566 -104 51.049 Model Air Park 5,570 Scenic Area Model Airplane field
LDQbfh 39 37.830 -104 51.563 Butterfly Hill 5,561 Scenic Area 1993 World Youth Conference site
LDQccne 39 37.880 -104 51.491 CCN Tr E 5,553 Bike Trail Cherry Cr N Trail E junction
LDQloop See Above End of Loop
RTD: RTD-EWS RTD-BS