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Rotella Park

Clear Creek Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Clear Creek Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Rotella Park near Welby, CO. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,109 – 5,164 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rotella Park path 39.84155, -104.96526
Nearest town Welby, CO
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Clear Creek Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 5,108–5,166 ft

Out & Back · Rotella Park

Trailhead: Rotella Park path · 39.84155, -104.96526

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rotella Park path, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Niver Canal Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Niver Canal Trail (level crossing), heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Twin Lakes Park, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.9 miTurn left onto Niver Canal Trail (level crossing), heading N.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Niver Canal Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rotella Park path, heading N.
  20. 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-9-km-0b1f

Trail surface

97% paved1% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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