AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cherry Creek Trail

8 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Cherry Creek Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Glendale, CO. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,204 – 5,348 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Creekside Park 39.70585, -104.93515
Nearest town Glendale, CO
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Cherry Creek Trail

8 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 5,205–5,349 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Creekside Park · 39.70585, -104.93515

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: S Cherry St & E Virginia Ave stop 170 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creekside Park, heading NW.
  3. 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Colorado Front Range Trail, heading W.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Colorado Front Range Trail, heading W.
  8. 400 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto East Cherry Creek North Drive, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftBear right onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading W.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading W.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading W.
  27. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.4 miReach Cherry Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading NW.
  33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading N.
  34. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading SE.
  35. 100 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  36. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading SE.
  37. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  38. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail Connector, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  40. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  42. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  43. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  45. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  46. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  47. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  48. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  50. 150 ftTurn right onto East Cherry Creek North Drive, heading E.
  51. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  52. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  53. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  54. 50 ftBear left onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading E.
  55. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Colorado Front Range Trail, heading E.
  56. 400 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  57. 100 ftContinue straight onto Colorado Front Range Trail, heading E.
  58. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Creek Trail, heading SE.
  59. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  60. 50 ftSharp right onto Creekside Park, heading E.
  61. 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/cherry-creek-trail-cherry-creek-trail-out-back-13-km-ff09

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Cherry St & E Virginia Ave stop 170 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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