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Clear Creek Canyon Park

Clear Creek–Clear Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Clear Creek–Clear Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Canyon Park near Golden, CO. The route reaches Clear Creek. It climbs 327 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,696 – 6,001 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.75492, -105.23399
Nearest town Golden, CO
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Clear Creek–Clear Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 5,695–6,001 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Canyon Park

Trailhead: 39.75492, -105.23399

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 67° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 100 ftPass Clear Creek.
  5. 50 ftSharp right onto Magpie Gulch Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading W.
  10. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  12. 1.5 miReach Clear Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.5 miBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  17. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 500 ftBear left, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miSharp left onto Magpie Gulch Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  21. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  23. 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-trail-out-back-3-sights-9-km

Trail surface

60% paved37% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 92°F67°
Feels like84°Precip9%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat 91°71°
Sun 89°64° 19%
Mon 87°72° 47%
Tue 87°68° 35%
Wed 84°66° 37%
Thu 89°66° 36%

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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