Jacks Gulch

Overview

Jacks Gulch Recreation Area is located 48 miles northwest of Fort Collins, in northern Colorado. Visitors enjoy the area for its great hiking, biking and horseback riding opportunities. Recreation Popular activities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, birding and viewing wildlife.

Operator

National Forest

Camping types

RV, Tent

Reservations

Reservable online

Phone

970-295-6700

Amenities

Location

Nearby adventures

Outdoor things to do around Jacks Gulch, shown on the map above. Distances are straight-line from the campground, so driving or walking will be longer; trail details are approximate. Confirm access and conditions with the land manager.

Hikes and trailheads

• Little Beaver Creek TrailHike · 6.8 mi long · 0.8 mi from campShow on map
• Mount McConnel Nature TrailHike · 4.5 mi long · 4.2 mi from camp

  A trail climbing Mount McConnel in the Poudre Canyon northwest of Fort Collins. AI-written

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• Emmaline Lake TrailHike · 5.2 mi long · 5.6 mi from camp

  A trail in the Comanche Peak Wilderness to Emmaline Lake. AI-written

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• Signal Mountain TrailheadTrailhead · 5.1 mi from campShow on map
• Stormy Peaks B17 Crash TrailHike · 2.3 mi long · 6.5 mi from camp

  A trail in the Roosevelt National Forest to the site of an old B-17 bomber crash near Stormy Peaks. AI-written

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• Mount Margaret TrailHike · 2.9 mi long · 10.5 mi from campShow on map

Mountain biking

• Foothills TrailBike ride · 9.2 mi long · 19.0 mi from camp

  A trail along the foothills west of Fort Collins. AI-written

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• Limber Pine TrailBike ride · 4.9 mi long · 19.8 mi from camp

  A loop mountain-bike route.

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• Reservoir LoopBike ride · 2.0 mi long · 20.9 mi from campShow on map

Scenic sights

• Mount McConnelPeak · 8,005 ft · 4.1 mi from camp

  Mount McConnel is a mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Wikipedia

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• Beaver FallsWaterfall · 6.2 mi from campShow on map
• Disappointment FallsWaterfall · 7.9 mi from campShow on map
• Comanche Reservoir OverlookViewpoint · 8.2 mi from campShow on map
• Browns Lake OverlookViewpoint · 8.9 mi from campShow on map

Climbing and snow sports

• Beaver Falls BoulderingClimbing · 6.2 mi from camp

  A bouldering area.

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• Observatory DomeClimbing · 15.3 mi from campShow on map
• Sundance WestClimbing · 15.3 mi from camp

  A climbing area on Lumpy Ridge north of Estes Park. AI-written

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Trail and sight data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Text marked Wikipedia is from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0, lightly shortened. Text marked AI-written was drafted by an AI model from public data and may contain errors.

Reviews

Data sources

• Recreation.gov (RIDB) — Public domain (U.S. Government work)
• OpenStreetMap — ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors

Listing details come from the sources above and may be out of date. Confirm fees, dates and closures with the operator before you travel.