AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bear Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Sheridan, CO. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,266 – 5,302 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail 39.65183, -105.03008
Nearest town Sheridan, CO
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Bear Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Elevation 5,265–5,303 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail · 39.65183, -105.03008

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 59° · precip 7% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: S Lowell Blvd & W Mansfield Ave stop 749 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-creek-trail-out-back-3-km-506b

Trail surface

82% paved4% boardwalk14% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 94°F59°
Feels like81°Precip7%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 93°65°
Sun 93°63° 17%
Mon 91°75° 29%
Tue 90°68° 28%
Wed 89°66° 33%
Thu 93°67° 31%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Lowell Blvd & W Mansfield Ave stop 749 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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