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Canyon View Nature Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyOut and Back
Castlewood Canyon State Park/Colorado

Canyon View Nature Trail

Franktown, Colorado

1.1 mi

Distance

121 ft

Elev. Gain

23m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Canyon View Nature Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,004 ft
Max:2,021 ft
Gain:37 ft
Loss:37 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,004 ft and 2,021 ft across 1.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,004 ft2,010 ft2,015 ft2,021 ft0.0 mi0.3 mi0.6 mi0.8 mi1.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,020 ft
High point0.0 mi2,021 ft
End1.1 mi2,020 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

Managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Franktown, CO · about 3 mi away
County:
Douglas County, CO
Jurisdiction:
Castlewood Canyon State Park · Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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Inner Canyon Loop Trail

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