Niver Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 248 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Niver Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Niver Creek Open Space near Thornton, CO. It is mostly level, with 248 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 Trail
3 mi · ▲ 248 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 5,270–5,445 ft
Out & Back · Niver Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.86838, -104.97562
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: Eppinger Blvd & Ogden St stop 479 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Niver Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Grange Hall Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn 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 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Eppinger Blvd & Ogden St stop 479 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Grange Hall Creek Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 249 ft
- Grange Hall Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 278 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Niver Creek Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 275 ft
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