Cherokee Park Road

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4/5 (22 reviews)
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado (Larimer County)
Last Updated: 09/20/2021

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Cherokee Park Road is a beautiful drive through the Roosevelt National Forest on the northwestern edge of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It acts as the main artery, heading east and west, for a network of less maintained off-road Forest Service and private roads connecting the Red Feather Lakes all the way into Wyoming. Cherokee Park Road is also the main access to the Colorado State Cherokee Parks Hunting Units, a wildlife area that's only open to public use by licensed hunters during open hunting seasons. This trail is open year round as well as the connecting trails making it an awesome snow wheeling destination. Cherokee Park Road, with just under 45 miles of trail and the dozens of surrounding trails, make this is an excellent area to explore and trail to run with overland 4x4 vehicles.

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4/5 (22)
Open
Rated 3/5
Visited: 08/12/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

I often use Cherokee Park road to access other trails. Today, heading up to Chicken Park. In August, this is a wide open well maintained gravel road. Some nice vistas of distant mountain ranges along the way.
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Rated 4/5
Visited: 04/02/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Quite a bit less snow than I was expecting, made it to between waypoints 17 and 18 before coming across a guy in Ram that beached in a pretty big drift. Pulled him out and decided it was best to call it a day. If you go before it is legitimately spring/summer, make sure you have recovery gear.
Trail Review: Cherokee Park Road - NB
Trail Review: Cherokee Park Road - NB
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Rated 4/5
Visited: 06/19/2022
Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Nice easy drive with not many crowds. I have been on the road when snowy or mud then it can be difficult otherwise the family sedan is all you need. Lots of dispersed camping too which is nice.
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Rated 4/5
Visited: 08/07/2021

Great road to get out into the mountains north of Fort Collins in whatever you drive. Looked like some good dispersed camping on the Western 1/3 of the road.
Trail Review: Cherokee Park Road - David Bauer
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Rated 4/5
Visited: 05/28/2021

Traversed east to west on my BMW R1200GS. Overall Trail was dry and in great shape. Most of the good camping spots were already taken, but that shouldn’t be too surprising for the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.
Trail Review: Cherokee Park Road - Matt Ewalt
Trail Review: Cherokee Park Road - Matt Ewalt
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