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La Plata Canyon Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
Colorado

La Plata Canyon Trail

Hesperus, Colorado

3.6 mi

Distance

594 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 19m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for La Plata Canyon 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.

The managing agency 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:2,668 ft
Max:2,754 ft
Gain:181 ft
Loss:181 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,668 ft and 2,754 ft across 3.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,668 ft2,697 ft2,725 ft2,754 ft0.0 mi0.9 mi1.8 mi2.7 mi3.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,668 ft
High point1.8 mi2,754 ft
End3.6 mi2,668 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Durango, CO · about 11 mi away
County:
La Plata County, CO

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

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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