AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Clear Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Clear Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Happy Valley Gardens, CO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,341 – 5,368 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Field Street 39.77579, -105.09853
Nearest town Happy Valley Gardens, CO
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Clear Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 5,342–5,366 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Field Street · 39.77579, -105.09853

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 64° · precip 8% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Field St stop 246 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Field Street, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading W.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear right onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading N.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Kipling Crossing Loop, Iris St to Moore St, Clear Creek, heading N.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 350 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-trail-out-back-3-km-68ae

Trail surface

84% paved7% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 93°F64°
Precip8%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 90°63° 21%
Mon 89°76° 33%
Tue 89°70° 31%
Wed 89°69° 32%
Thu 90°71° 25%
Fri 92°70° 17%

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Field St stop 246 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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