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Goose Creek Pond–The Honey Hole, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Goose Creek Pond–The Honey Hole, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Boulder, CO. The route passes The Honey Hole before reaching Goose Creek Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,236 – 5,309 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 22nd Street Path 40.01320, -105.26718
Nearest town Boulder, CO
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Goose Creek Pond–The Honey Hole, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 5,237–5,310 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 22nd Street Path · 40.01320, -105.26718

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Transit-accessible: Arapahoe Ave & 21st St stop 157 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on 22nd Street Path, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto 22nd Street Pedestrian Bridge, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Path, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Scott Carpenter Path, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftBear left onto Boulder Creek Path, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miPass The Honey Hole.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading E.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Boulder Creek Arapahoe Connection, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Boulder Creek Trail and Foothills Multi-Use Path, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left onto Pearl Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miPass Goose Creek Pond.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 450 ftTurn left onto Goose Creek Greenway Access, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Goose Creek Greenway, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Goose Creek Greenway Access, heading SW.
  26. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  27. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 150 ftReach Goose Creek Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  30. 450 ftBear left onto Goose Creek Greenway, heading W.
  31. 0.2 miBear left onto Goose Creek Greenway Access, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  34. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  35. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  36. 0.1 miSharp right onto Pearl Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miSharp right onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading SE.
  38. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Trail and Foothills Multi-Use Path, heading E.
  39. 150 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading E.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Arapahoe Connection, heading SE.
  42. 150 ftSharp left onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading E.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading E.
  44. 0.5 miBear right onto Scott Carpenter Path, heading S.
  45. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  46. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading S.
  47. 0.5 miContinue straight onto 22nd Street Pedestrian Bridge, heading SW.
  48. 50 ftContinue straight onto 22nd Street Path, heading SW.
  49. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/goose-creek-pond-goose-creek-pond-out-back-7-lakes

Trail surface

96% paved1% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Arapahoe Ave & 21st St stop 157 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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