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Cumberland Gulch
From Dirtopia, The Off-Road Encyclopedia
 Photo: Heading down the gulch | |
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| Terrain: | dirt road/4x4 |
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| Difficulty: | Easy(3) |
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| County: | Clear Creek County, CO |
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| GPS Coords: | 39.804331/-105.634199 |
| Google Earth: | Cumberland_Gulch.kmz |
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Excerpt borrowed with permission from TrailDamage.com
This Gulch is fairly straight and pretty steep for a good portion of it. It goes by the remnants of a fairly large mining operation, so get out and explore. Remember that this is privately owned mining land, so leave things as you found them and respect private property.
This is a good trail to shortcut the end of Yankee Hill. You can go due south rather than continuing west. It cuts out a lot of Fall River Road. You can see the entrance two switchbacks past the house with the elaborate gates. It is marked 271.1 with a brown sign right on Fall River Road.
This is a fairly mellow trail and would be perfect for a stock 4x4 or the SUV that doesn't see offroad very often (if at all). Though it is steep there are no shelf roads to worry about. It is not a dangerous trail though you should never go wheeling alone.
It has some beautiful views, especially of the mine.
Maps and GPS Coordinates
A comprehensive list of GPS waypoints and tracks in Google Earth format can be found here: Cumberland_Gulch.kmz
Cumberland Gulch Coordinates: 39.804331° -105.634199°
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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External Links
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