Name: Edna Mae Bennet Nature Trail
Rating: 4.0

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This trail is very steep and rocky at the beginning and end. This is the hard way to get onto Templeton Trail.

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Land Manager: City of Colorado Springs, CO- Parks, Trails & Open Space

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4.0 from 6 votes

#2

in Palmer Park

#11514

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4.0 from 6 votes

5 Star		50%
4 Star		17%
3 Star		17%
2 Star		17%
1 Star		0%

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#2

in Palmer Park

#986

in Colorado

#11,514

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620 Since Aug 5, 2015

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Dec 18, 2015 near Cimarro…, CO

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Apr 25, 2024

Anne Beckwith

Jul 24, 2021

Chris Sal

May 30, 2020

Christina Mandrell

0.6mi

May 5, 2020

Chris W

Feb 2, 2020

Jonathan Nicholas

Jan 1, 2020

Jonathan Nicholas

Jul 15, 2019

jarred schwartz

pretty straight forward not to difficult a lot of stair like parts but after that pretty smooth 2mi — 1h 00m

May 27, 2018

Andrew Pershe

May 13, 2017

Matt Culpepper

1.5mi loop with Templeton Trl 0.6mi

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Edna Mae Bennet Nature Trail

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Point to Point

6,499' 1,981 m

6,375' 1,943 m

125' 38 m

88' 27 m

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