Jim Baker Reservoir & Lake Sangraco via Clear Creek Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Jim Baker Reservoir & Lake Sangraco via Clear Creek Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Berkeley Gardens, CO. The route passes Jim Baker Reservoir and Lake Sangraco before reaching Jim Baker Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Jim Baker Reservoir & Lake Sangraco via Clear Creek Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Elevation 5,225–5,248 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.79768, -105.03274
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Jim Baker Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Lake Sangraco.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Jim Baker Reservoir.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clear Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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