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Prospect Park

Clear Creek–Tabor Lake, 11 lakes

15.1 mi · ▲ 441 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Clear Creek–Tabor Lake, 11 lakes is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Prospect Park near North Green Valley, CO. The route passes Prospect Lake, West Lake, Bass Lake and 4 more before reaching Clear Creek at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 441 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,341 – 5,735 ft17.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.77718, -105.09818
Nearest town North Green Valley, CO
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Clear Creek–Tabor Lake, 11 lakes

15.1 mi · ▲ 441 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Elevation 5,342–5,735 ft

Out & Back · Prospect Park

Trailhead: 39.77718, -105.09818

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Field St stop 89 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Field Street, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading W.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miPass Prospect Lake.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miPass West Lake.
  13. 50 ftPass Bass Lake.
  14. 50 ftPass Tabor Lake.
  15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  16. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miPass Duke Lake.
  21. 1.4 miContinue straight onto 44th Avenue Trail, heading W.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  23. 1.2 miPass Tucker Gulch.
  24. 0.2 miPass Clear Creek.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left onto Kids Pump Track, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftReach Clear Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  35. 0.2 miTurn right onto Kids Pump Track, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  37. 1.5 miContinue straight onto 44th Avenue Trail, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  39. 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
  40. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  43. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  44. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading E.
  45. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading E.
  46. 0.5 miBear right onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading E.
  47. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  48. 100 ftBear right onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading E.
  49. 100 ftBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  50. 100 ftContinue straight onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading E.
  51. 0.2 miTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  52. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  53. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  54. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Field Street, heading NE.
  55. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  56. 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-18-lakes-24-km-99f9

Trail surface

70% paved22% dirt1% gravel1% boardwalk6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Field St stop 89 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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