Croke Lake via Niver Creek Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Croke Lake via Niver Creek Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Holiday Hills Village, CO. The route reaches Croke Lake at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 204 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Croke Lake via Niver Creek Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 5,288–5,440 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Niver Creek Trail · 39.87227, -105.01076
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: Pecos Street & West 96th Avenue stop 447 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Niver Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftReach Croke Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Niver Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miArrive 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 (~45 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Pecos Street & West 96th Avenue stop 447 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Niver Creek Trail Trailhead
- Niver Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 204 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 204 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
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