Clear Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Clear Creek Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area near Berkeley Gardens, CO. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Clear Creek Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 5,226–5,272 ft
Out & Back · Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area
Trailhead: 39.79995, -105.03472
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clear Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Jim Baker Reservoir & Lake Sangraco via Clear Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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- Clear Creek Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 31 ft
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