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Maps and Directions

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Directions

  • From Boulder

    Eldorado Canyon State Park is located about five miles southwest of Boulder. Take Broadway / State Highway 93 south from Boulder, turn west (right) onto Colorado 170 and then continue about three miles to the town of Eldorado Springs. Highway 170 dead-ends at the town and a dirt road continues. The park is located at the end of the dirt road on the left. 
    (Updated: 6/16/2018 3:17 PM)

  • From Denver

    Eldorado Canyon State Park is about thirty miles from Denver. Take I-25 north to State Highway 36, go west towards Boulder. Exit at "Louisville-Superior" (you will also see signs for Eldorado Springs and Highway 170) and turn south (left) at the light. Follow signs to Eldorado Springs/ Highway 170 (turning right on Marshall Road/Highway 170). You will turn into the Superior Marketplace, as Highway 170 travels around the marketplace and eventually leads you 7.4 miles to Eldorado Canyon. Highway 170 dead-ends at the town of Eldorado Springs and the road continues as a dirt road. The park is located at the end of the dirt road on the left. 
    (Updated: 6/16/2018 3:17 PM)

  • From Golden

    Eldorado Canyon State Park is about seventeen miles from Golden. Take State Highway 93 north towards Boulder. Just south of Boulder, take State Highway 170 west (left) towards Eldorado Springs. Highway 170 dead-ends at the town and a dirt road continues. The park is located at the end of the dirt road on the left. 
    (Updated: 6/16/2018 3:18 PM)

  • To Crescent Meadows

    Crescent Meadows is separate undeveloped part of the park located west of the inner canyon area. To reach Crescent Meadows you can hike on the Eldorado Canyon Trail & Walker Ranch Loop (approx. 4.5 miles) or you can drive from the junction of Hwy 93 and Hwy 72 between Golden and Boulder. Travel west on Hwy 72 for about 7 miles through Coal Creek Canyon. Go through a small town where you'll see a Sinclair Gas Station on the left. Turn Right on Crescent Park Dr; travel one mile always staying to your left until you come to a T junction. Take a right and proceed a couple more miles, cross a railroad track. A few hundred feet from the tracks you'll see the trail head marked Crescent Meadows Trail.
    You can also reach the trailhead by traveling west of Boulder on Flagstaff Road to Gross Dam Road. Go South on Gross​ Dam Road to the Crescent Meadows Parking Lot on the left.
    (Updated: 6/16/2018 3:18 PM)