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Bear Creek Lake Park

Bear Creek Trail–North Park Trail, 3 sights

8 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Bear Creek Trail–North Park Trail, 3 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Carmody Estates, CO. It climbs 448 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,440 – 5,725 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.66872, -105.11267
Nearest town Carmody Estates, CO
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Bear Creek Trail–North Park Trail, 3 sights

8 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 5,439–5,726 ft

Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park

Trailhead: 39.66872, -105.11267

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & Morrison Rd stop 108 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kipling Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading S.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 250 ftTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  15. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto North Park Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miReach Stone House Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading NE.
  21. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  24. 350 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading NW.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading SE.
  30. 150 ftTurn left onto Kipling Trail, heading SE.
  31. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  33. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  36. 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/carmody-pond-bear-creek-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

79% dirt19% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & Morrison Rd stop 108 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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