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Prospect Park

Clear Creek–Tabor Lake, 10 lakes

14 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Clear Creek–Tabor Lake, 10 lakes is a 14-mile out-and-back in Prospect Park near Cambridge Park, CO. The route passes Prospect Lake, Tabor Lake, Bass Lake and 5 more. It climbs 516 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,374 – 5,748 ft16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.77581, -105.11624
Nearest town Cambridge Park, CO
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Clear Creek–Tabor Lake, 10 lakes

14 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Elevation 5,375–5,750 ft

Out & Back · Prospect Park

Trailhead: 39.77581, -105.11624

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Miller St stop 315 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading W.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading W.
  5. 300 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 100 ftBear left onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftPass Prospect Lake.
  12. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 300 ftContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading W.
  15. 200 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftPass Tabor Lake.
  19. 0.2 miPass Bass Lake.
  20. 200 ftPass West Lake.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  24. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miPass Duke Lake.
  29. 1.4 miContinue straight onto 44th Avenue Trail, heading W.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  31. 1.3 miPass Tucker Gulch.
  32. 0.2 miPass Clear Creek.
  33. 350 ftTurn left onto Kids Pump Track, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  35. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  38. 450 ftPass Clear Creek.
  39. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  40. 0.2 miBear left onto US 6 Trail, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  42. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  43. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  44. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Grant Terry Trail, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftReach Clear Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  46. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  47. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  48. 0.2 miTurn right onto US 6 Trail, heading W.
  49. 0.1 miBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  50. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  51. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  52. 0.2 miTurn right onto Kids Pump Track, heading W.
  53. 50 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  54. 1.5 miContinue straight onto 44th Avenue Trail, heading NW.
  55. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  56. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  57. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  58. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  59. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  60. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  61. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  62. 0.9 miTurn left onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading E.
  63. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  64. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading E.
  65. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  66. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  67. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  68. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading S.
  69. 100 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
  70. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  71. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  72. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  73. 50 ftTurn left onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading SE.
  74. 150 ftBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  75. 100 ftContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading E.
  76. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
  77. 100 ftContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading E.
  78. 350 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  79. 50 ftContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading E.
  80. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  81. 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/clear-creek-clear-creek-out-back-17-lakes-22-km

Trail surface

82% paved11% dirt1% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Miller St stop 315 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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