Hermosa Area Trail System

Hermosa Area Trail System

Pinkerton-Flagstaff Trail

Jones Creek / Pinkerton-Flagstaff / Dutch Creek Loop: To access Jones Creek / Pinkerton-Flagstaff / Dutch Creek Loop from the trailhead parking spot near the bathroom, backtrack on Lower Hermosa Road.

Jones Creek Trail starts several hundred yards up the road on your right.

Length
8 Miles
Climb
2660 Feet
Difficulty
Advanced
From Durango
35 Miles

Getting there

Southern Hermosa Creek Access Northern Hermosa Creek Access To access Hermosa Creek Southern parking spot: From Durango, take highway 550 North from Town and turn left at Hermosa Park Road. Cross the railroad tracks and follow up the road to the southern Hermosa Creek Trailhead located about 4 miles up Lower Hermosa Road which starts near the railroad track crossing in the small town of Hermosa north of Durango. Find the trail heading north near the junction of several dirt roads near the parking spot.