Little's Creek & Mary Carter Greenway Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min
Little's Creek & Mary Carter Greenway Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in South Platte Park near Ridgewood Park, CO. The route reaches Little's Creek at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Little's Creek & Mary Carter Greenway Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min
Elevation 5,318–5,352 ft
Out & Back · South Platte Park
Trailhead: 39.59114, -105.02531
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 60° · precip 7% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mary Carter Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miPass Little's Creek.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Little's Creek Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Little's Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Mary Carter Greenway Trail, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Little's Creek & Mary Carter Greenway Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Cooley Lake–Eaglewatch Lake, 5 lakes 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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