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Petrified Forest Loop and Ponderosa Loop Trails route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Colorado

Petrified Forest Loop and Ponderosa Loop Trails

Florissant, Colorado

1.1 mi

Distance

108 ft

Elev. Gain

24m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Petrified Forest Loop and Ponderosa Loop Trails 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:2,542 ft
Max:2,563 ft
Gain:33 ft
Loss:33 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,542 ft and 2,563 ft across 1.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,542 ft2,549 ft2,556 ft2,563 ft0.0 mi0.3 mi0.6 mi0.9 mi1.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,557 ft
High point0.2 mi2,563 ft
End1.1 mi2,557 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Florissant, CO · about 2 mi away
County:
Teller 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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