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Centennial Trail–Colorado Avenue North Path, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Centennial Trail–Colorado Avenue North Path, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Boulder, CO. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,263 – 5,378 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stadium Drive 40.01063, -105.26780
Nearest town Boulder, CO
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Centennial Trail–Colorado Avenue North Path, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 5,263–5,377 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Stadium Drive · 40.01063, -105.26780

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

Transit-accessible: Colorado Ave & 18th St stop 251 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Stadium Drive, heading E.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Cockerell Drive, heading E.
  6. 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Engineering Drive, heading S.
  8. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto 28th Street Path, heading N.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Colorado Avenue Path, heading NE.
  16. 300 ftTurn right onto Colorado Avenue North Path, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miSharp right onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Wellman Canal Path, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading SW.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Wellman Canal Path, heading W.
  23. 450 ftContinue straight onto Centennial Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miReach Colorado Avenue North Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wellman Canal Path, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading E.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wellman Canal Path, heading E.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  30. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miSharp left onto Colorado Avenue North Path, heading W.
  33. 0.4 miTurn left onto Colorado Avenue Path, heading SW.
  34. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  36. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftTurn left onto 28th Street Path, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  41. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Engineering Drive, heading W.
  43. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  44. 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cockerell Drive, heading W.
  46. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  47. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  48. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  49. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  50. 200 ftContinue straight onto Stadium Drive, heading W.
  51. 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/centennial-trail-colorado-avenue-north-path-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

86% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Colorado Ave & 18th St stop 251 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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