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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

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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°)

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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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in Colorado

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