Pike and San Isabel National Forests · Colorado

Companion

18 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1830 · trail class 3 · typical grade 5-8% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailheads Conestoga Trailhead Drive there · Murphy Trailhead Drive there

Conestoga Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

This trailhead provides access to the Companion Trail (19 miles) and the Santa Fe National Historic Trail (23 miles). Interpretative signs provide the history of both trails. Accessible horse mounting facilities, as well as a restroom and drinking fountain, are available at the trailhead. Both trails are available for a variety of nonmotorized travel (horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking) only, providing an opportunity to step back in time and experience what early settlers and traders in the early 1800s may have experienced.

Restrictions Trails are for non-motorized travel only.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Murphy Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

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This Trailhead provides access to the Companion Trail (19 miles) and the Santa Fe National Historic Trail (23 miles). Interpretative signs provide history of both trails. Accessible horse mounting facilities are available. There is also a restroom and a well with a hand pump. These trails are for non-motorized travel only, giving visitors opportunities to step back in time and see what "travelling the trail" may have been like.

Restrictions No camping allowed inside fenced area. Trails are for non-motorized travel only.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.