Rotella Park

Clear Creek Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr

Clear Creek Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Rotella Park near Welby, CO. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,109 – 5,174 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.84129, -104.96710
Nearest town Welby, CO

Directions

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Clear Creek Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 5,108–5,174 ft

Out & Back · Rotella Park

Trailhead: 39.84129, -104.96710

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Rotella Park path, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 350 ftTurn right onto Niver Canal Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Niver Canal Trail (level crossing), heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
  8. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  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. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 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 surface

96% paved1% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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