Clear Creek Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS) near Golden, CO. It climbs 264 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,755 – 6,001 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.75031, -105.25040
Nearest town Golden, CO
Directions
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Clear Creek Trail
4 mi · ▲ 264 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 5,756–6,001 ft
Out & Back · Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS)
Trailhead: 39.75031, -105.25040
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 66° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 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 surface
75% paved25% dirt
Weather
OvercastTemperature 92°F66°
Precip7%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
90°68°
Sun
87°62°
26%
Mon
86°71°
41%
Tue
86°67°
34%
Wed
83°65°
40%
Thu
89°65°
29%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- outcrops of the Pierre, Fox Hills, Laramie and Arapahoe formations & Clear Creek via Welch Ditch Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Mount Zion Viewpoint & Clear Creek via Chimney Gulch Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft
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