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Clear Creek Greenbelt

Clear Creek Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Clear Creek Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Greenbelt near Western Hills Mobine Estates, IA. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi653 – 686 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clear Creek Trail 41.69185, -91.63108
Nearest town Western Hills Mobine Estates, IA
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Clear Creek Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 652–685 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Greenbelt

Trailhead: Clear Creek Trail · 41.69185, -91.63108

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  5. 500 ftBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Woodpecker Trail, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  16. 400 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading SE.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading W.
  25. 350 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NW.
  27. 150 ftBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading N.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  30. 150 ftBear left onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NW.
  31. 500 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  32. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  33. 1.1 miArrive 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-8-km-31b4

Trail surface

70% paved30% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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