Niver Creek Open Space
3.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Niver Creek Open Space is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Niver Creek Open Space near Thornton, CO. It is mostly level, with 225 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Niver Creek Open Space
3.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 5,247–5,446 ft
Out & Back · Niver Creek Open Space
Trailhead: Civic Center Drive · 39.87044, -104.98355
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 94°F / low 60° · precip 13% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Niver Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Niver Creek Open Space, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Niver Creek Open Space, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Niver Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 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 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Civic Center Drive Trailhead
- Grange Hall Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Grange Hall Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 169 ft
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