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Goose Creek Pond–The Honey Hole, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Goose Creek Pond–The Honey Hole, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Boulder, CO. The route passes The Honey Hole and The Honey Hole before reaching Goose Creek Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 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 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 22nd Street Path 40.01218, -105.26730
Nearest town Boulder, CO
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Goose Creek Pond–The Honey Hole, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 5,237–5,309 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 22nd Street Path · 40.01218, -105.26730

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

Transit-accessible: Arapahoe Ave & 21st St stop 269 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto 22nd Street Path, heading SE.
  3. 200 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 NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Scott Carpenter Path, heading NE.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Boulder Creek Path, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miPass The Honey Hole.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miPass The Honey Hole.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading E.
  13. 50 ftSharp right onto Boulder Creek Arapahoe Connection, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading N.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 500 ftTurn left onto Boulder Creek Trail and Foothills Multi-Use Path, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miSharp left onto Pearl Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miPass Goose Creek Pond.
  22. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  30. 150 ftReach Goose Creek Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  37. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  39. 0.5 miSharp right onto Foothills Parkway Multi-Use Path, heading E.
  40. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Trail and Foothills Multi-Use Path, heading E.
  41. 150 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading E.
  42. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Arapahoe Connection, heading N.
  44. 150 ftSharp left onto Skunk Creek Greenway, heading N.
  45. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading N.
  46. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  47. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  48. 0.3 miBear right onto Scott Carpenter Path, heading S.
  49. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  50. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Creek Path, heading S.
  51. 0.5 miContinue straight onto 22nd Street Pedestrian Bridge, heading W.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto 22nd Street Path, heading W.
  53. 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-the-honey-hole-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

93% paved3% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Arapahoe Ave & 21st St stop 269 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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