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Iowa Hill Trail

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  2. CO
  3. …Central Rockies
  4. Breckenridge
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“An educational and interesting trail through an 1800's placer mine arena. ”

Joel Larner
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0.7

Miles

1.2

KM

Point to Point

9,641' 2,938 m

High

9,456' 2,882 m

Low

205' 62 m

Up

153' 47 m

Down

9%

Avg Grade (5°)

21%

Max Grade (12°)

Dogs Leashed

Family Friendly Nice interpretive signage for cool old mining devices make this an educational and interesting stop for the whole family.

No mountain biking.

Description

The Iowa Hill Trail is a pleasant stroll through an 1800's placer mine site with many interpretive signs along the way. A number of short side trails take you to interesting preserved mining machinery and the old boarding house.

This is a nice shorter route for families or anyone visiting the area to see what mining looked like a hundred years ago.

Flora & Fauna

Not much. As an old hydraulic placer mine, it's rough rocky terrain with some new tree growth but not much underbrush.

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Joel Larner
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  3.0 from 3 votes

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#29

in Breckenridge

#2,283

in Colorado

#27,837

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Interpretive sign and sluice box.
Oct 24, 2016 near Brecken…, CO
Interpretive sign and rail car.
Oct 24, 2016 near Brecken…, CO

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Jun 7, 2021
Jose Vasquez
Aug 18, 2018
James Dillingham
Jul 15, 2018
Rob Allen
We did this hike as a way to introduce a 7 y/o and two 5 y/o to hiking and they loved it - enough of a hike to be challenging and enough mining equ…
May 15, 2018
James Howard
1mi
Sep 26, 2017
Heidi Bowden
Aug 21, 2017
Scott Schachtele

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