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Rotella Park

Niver Canal Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Niver Canal Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Rotella Park near Welby, CO. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,115 – 5,168 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clear Creek Trail 39.82846, -104.95953
Nearest town Welby, CO
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Niver Canal Trail

2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 41 min

Elevation 5,115–5,167 ft

Out & Back · Rotella Park

Trailhead: Clear Creek Trail · 39.82846, -104.95953

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left onto Niver Canal Trail (level crossing), heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Niver Canal Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rotella Park path, heading W.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 350 ftTurn right onto Niver Canal Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Niver Canal Trail (level crossing), heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miArrive 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/niver-canal-trail-out-back-3-km-f319

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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