Clear Creek Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Clear Creek Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area near Berkeley Gardens, CO. It is mostly level, with 26 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
4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 5,192–5,247 ft
Out & Back · Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area
Trailhead: 39.79661, -105.04392
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 96°F / low 60° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Little Dry Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Little Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Little Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Little Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 2.1 miArrive 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 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM — 1 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Clear Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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