Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · Colorado

Sims Mesa Interpretive Trail

0.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 6115.1A · trail class 4 · typical grade 5-8% · hiking · seasonal: hiking 05/01-10/31

Trailhead Simms Mesa #115 Drive there

Simms Mesa #115 the Forest Service's write-up

season June to October

The Simms Mesa Trail #115 begins at Forest Service Road #510, Dave Wood Road, and ends at Forest Service Road #574, Simms Mesa Road. It the first half mile the trail crosses a draw and then wanders across Happy Canyon. After about 1.6 miles, it descends into the Happy Canyon Creek drainage and crosses Happy Canyon Creek. The trail ends at FSR #574 in about another half a mile.

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Restrictions Open to hiking, horseback riding, and mountain bikes.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.