AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Clear Creek Greenbelt

Clear Creek Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Clear Creek Trail is a 4.7-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 mi656 – 686 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67669, -91.59757
Nearest town Vernon, IA
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Clear Creek Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 658–685 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Greenbelt

Trailhead: 41.67669, -91.59757

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

Transit-accessible: 20th Ave & 5th St stop 718 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  5. 400 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading N.
  10. 300 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  13. 500 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  15. 150 ftBear left onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NE.
  16. 500 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  22. 500 ftBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miBear left onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading NE.
  28. 300 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading N.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  32. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  33. 450 ftContinue straight onto Woodpecker Trail, heading E.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  35. 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-8-km-8ed7

Trail surface

78% paved22% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 20th Ave & 5th St stop 718 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from this trailhead

Hikes near Vernon, Iowa