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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Creekside MTB Flow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto More Cowbell Singletrack Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 2 miReach Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto More Cowbell Singletrack Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Creekside MTB Flow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Creekside Intermediate MTB Flow Trail via Clear Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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