Bear Creek Trail & North Park Trail
6 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Bear Creek Trail & North Park Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Spring Hill, CO. It climbs 467 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,584 – 5,804 ft6.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Park Trail 39.65805, -105.16368
Nearest town Spring Hill, CO
Directions
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Bear Creek Trail & North Park Trail
6 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 5,586–5,804 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: North Park Trail · 39.65805, -105.16368
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 91°F / low 62° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on North Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto C-470 & Bear Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach North Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto C-470 & Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto C-470 Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
68% dirt29% paved2% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 91°F62°
Precip6%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity27%
Rained 0.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
91°65°
Sun
89°61°
25%
Mon
90°74°
38%
Tue
88°66°
39%
Wed
86°64°
40%
Thu
90°66°
27%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Park Trail Trailhead
- Morrison Road Sidepath 2.4 mi · ▲ 79 ft
- Cowen Trail–Mount Carbon Loop, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- C-470 Trail–Cowen Trail, 5 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 385 ft
- Kendrick Main Reservoir–Smith Reservoir, 5 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 841 ft
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