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Clear Creek Greenbelt

Clear Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Clear Creek Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Greenbelt near Vernon, IA. 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 mi659 – 689 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Ridge Trail 41.68863, -91.60341
Nearest town Vernon, IA
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Clear Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 658–690 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Greenbelt

Trailhead: North Ridge Trail · 41.68863, -91.60341

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Transit-accessible: 10th St & 25th Ave stop 71 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on North Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right onto More Cowbell Singletrack Trail, heading W.
  11. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  14. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto North Ridge Trail, heading S.
  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-trail-out-back-7-km-3eb4

Trail surface

80% paved12% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 10th St & 25th Ave stop 71 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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