AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Boulder Creek Path–Colorado Avenue North Path, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Boulder Creek Path–Colorado Avenue North Path, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Boulder, 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 mi5,263 – 5,312 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 22nd Street Path 40.01320, -105.26718
Nearest town Boulder, CO
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Boulder Creek Path–Colorado Avenue North Path, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 5,264–5,311 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 22nd Street Path · 40.01320, -105.26718

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Transit-accessible: Arapahoe Ave & 21st St stop 157 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on 22nd Street Path, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto 22nd Street Pedestrian Bridge, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Path, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Boulder Creek 28th St Connection, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto 28th Street Path, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Colorado Avenue Path, heading E.
  8. 350 ftTurn right onto Colorado Avenue North Path, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miSharp right onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  12. 100 ftTurn right onto Wellman Canal Path, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading SE.
  14. 250 ftTurn right onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Thunderbird Court East, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftReach Boulder Creek Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 350 ftContinue straight onto Thunderbird Court East, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading SE.
  21. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Wellman Canal Path, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left onto Colorado Avenue North Path, heading NW.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left onto Colorado Avenue Path, heading W.
  31. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto 28th Street Path, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miBear left onto Boulder Creek 28th St Connection, heading E.
  34. 50 ftBear left onto Boulder Creek Path, heading E.
  35. 0.3 miContinue straight onto 22nd Street Pedestrian Bridge, heading W.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto 22nd Street Path, heading W.
  37. 50 ftArrive 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/boulder-creek-path-colorado-avenue-north-path-out-back-4-sights-8-km

Trail surface

91% paved9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Arapahoe Ave & 21st St stop 157 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from 22nd Street Path Trailhead

Hikes near Boulder, Colorado