Clear Creek Greenbelt

Clear Creek Trail extension & Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail

8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Clear Creek Trail extension & Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Greenbelt near Western Hills Mobine Estates, IA. 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 mi663 – 705 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.68981, -91.63240
Nearest town Western Hills Mobine Estates, IA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Clear Creek Trail extension & Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail

8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 663–706 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Greenbelt

Trailhead: 41.68981, -91.63240

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Creekside MTB Flow Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto More Cowbell Singletrack Trail, heading N.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 2 miReach Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 1.9 miTurn right onto More Cowbell Singletrack Trail, heading SE.
  20. 350 ftBear right onto Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Creekside MTB Flow Trail, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 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

84% paved2% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from this trailhead