Croke Lake via Grange Hall Creek Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Croke Lake via Grange Hall Creek Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Niver Creek Open Space near Northglenn, CO. The route reaches Croke Lake. It climbs 272 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Croke Lake via Grange Hall Creek Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 5,230–5,440 ft
Out & Back · Niver Creek Open Space
Trailhead: East 100th Place · 39.87772, -104.98365
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 95°F / low 62° · precip 6% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Croke Lake.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Niver Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Niver Creek-88th Avenue Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Niver Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Thornton Park & Ride, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Croke Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Niver Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Niver Creek-88th Avenue Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Niver Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, 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 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM — 3 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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