Hikes for Photographers | Near Denver, Colorado

Photography

Hone Your Landscape and Wildlife Photography Skills!

These are fantastic adventures to bring your camera. Gorgeous views, picturesque vistas, wildlife and flowers, photograph colorful Colorado!

30 Min from Denver

Roxborough State Park

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

300 Ft Gain

LENGTH

2.4 Miles

Loop

Mount Morrison

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

2,100 ft Gain

LENGTH

3.5 Mile

Out & Back

Chimney Gulch

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

1755 ft Gain

LENGTH

6 Mile

Out & Back

Rocky Mountain Arsenal

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

Flat

LENGTH

2 Mile

Loop

Table Mountain

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

400 Ft Gain

LENGTH

3-8 Mile

Loop

Red Rocks

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

358 Ft Gain

LENGTH

2 Mile

Loop

Waterton Canyon

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

650 ft Gain

LENGTH

12.7 Mile

Out and Back

60 Min from Denver

Beaver Brook Watershed

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

500 ft change

LENGTH

Many Options

Out & Back

Carpenter Peak

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

1050 ft gain

LENGTH

6.3 Miles

Out & Back

Boulder Falls

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

Flat

LENGTH

.1 Mile

Out & Back

7:30 Mine

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

1,200 ft gain

LENGTH

4 Miles

Out & Back

Reynolds Park

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

500 ft Gain

LENGTH

Many Options

Loop

Saint Mary's Glacier

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

800 ft gain

LENGTH

1.9 Mile

Out & Back

Royal Arch Trailhead

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

1500 ft Gain

LENGTH

4.2 Mile

Out and Back

Elk Falls

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

1500 Ft gain

LENGTH

11 Mile

Lollipop

1 Hr 30 Min from Denver

Kenosha Pass

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

300ft Gain

LENGTH

3 Miles

Out & Back

South Arapaho Peak

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

3,230 ft Gain

LENGTH

8.2 Miles

Out & Back

Paint Mines

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DIFFICULTY

Easy

200ft Gain

LENGTH

3 Miles

Out & Back

Mayflower Gulch

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

700ft Gain

LENGTH

3.5 Miles

Out & Back

Lake Isabelle

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

750 ft gain

LENGTH

7.3 Mile

Out & Back

Longs Peak

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

5,050 ft gain

LENGTH

15 Mile

Out & Back

Torrey's Peak and Grays Peak

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

3,550 ft gain

LENGTH

8 Mile

Out and Back

Mohawk Lakes

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

2,100 ft Gain

LENGTH

8.5 Mile

Out and Back

Worth the Drive!

Lake Haiyaha

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

745ft Gain

LENGTH

4.2 Miles

Out & Back

Island Lake Via Ice Lake Basin

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

2800 ft gain

LENGTH

8 Mi

Out & Back

Ice Lake Trail

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

2700 ft gain

LENGTH

7.5 Mi

Out & Back

Lone Eagle Peak

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

2,325ft gain

LENGTH

16 Miles

Out & Back

Emerald Lake

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

705 ft Gain

LENGTH

3.4 Miles

Out & Back

Sky Pond

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

1850 ft gain

LENGTH

9.5 Mile

Out & Back

Timberline Falls

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DIFFICULTY

Challenging

1500 ft gain

LENGTH

8.1 Mile

Out & Back

Mills Lake

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DIFFICULTY

Moderate

850 ft Gain

LENGTH

5 Miles

Out & Back