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the Old Spanish Trail
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Valley View Dr.
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Getting to the Trailhead
Rainbow Drive
28 ½ Road
Sunlight Dr.
Please Respect
Private Property
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These directions will get you to the Orchard Mesa trailhead from downtown
Grand Junction:
Head south out of downtown Grand Junction on 5th Street/Highway 50. After
about three miles you’ll come to 28 ½ Road (there’s a traffic light). Turn right,
then immediately turn left on B Road. After just 100 meters (yards, whatever)
turn right onto 28 ½ Road once again. The trail head is a dirt lot on your right.
No Parking
where the trail
starts
Once on your bike, you’ll notice a gravel path at the south end of the parking lot
heading across the dirt lot. That takes you to Valley View Drive, which you take
one block to Sunlight Drive and turn left. The beginning of the trail is just another
block down Sunlight Drive.
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There is absolutely NO PARKING where the trail starts at the south end of
Sunlight Drive. Since this is a residential area, there’s no room to park and,
besides, it’s just not polite for a bunch of mountain bikers to park right in front of
someone’s house. Let’s keep this trailhead open by being respectful of private
property, what say?
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All of the trials in the Gunnison Bluffs/Old Spanish Trail system are technically
easy. However, there are some sandy spots and some short, steep hills, some
steep enough so that you’ll probably want to walk your bike. So these trails can
be a bit physically demanding, especially on a warm day.
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And speaking of weather, it is strongly advised that these trails be avoided when
they’re wet. The dirt out here is has lots of clay in it, so when it’s wet it sticks to
everything. It sticks to your shoes, it sticks to your tires...some people say it’ll
even stick to you soul.
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Distance Between Points
For Selected Trails in Miles
(unlabeled trails are less than 0.5 miles)
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This map was created by John Hodge in 2012 using the
best information I could find. Mountain biking can be a
dangerous sport (don’t we know it!) so be careful and if
anything goes wrong it ain’t my fault, blah, blah, blah, you
know the drill. If you do have any comments or suggestions
you can contact me at
[email protected]. More trail maps like this one
are available at: www.copmoba.com
C 2012 James Hodge
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Coffman Road Trailhead
Best access is via 1st Street
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