Eastern Mojave Vegetation
Tom Schweich
|
Eastern Mojave Vegetation
| Clear Creek Trail, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado |
|
Tom Schweich |
|
Follows Clear Creek all the way to the South Platte River. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Church Ditch regulator
|
|
Other articles:
Grant Terry Bridge over Clear Creek. There are steps here that allow access from the Grant Terry Trail to the Peaks to Plains Trail.
|
|
Other articles:
|
|
Jefferson County above … |
City of Golden below …
|
Horticultural Iris on north side of trail.
|
|
Other articles:
First Creek Access Spur.
|
|
Other articles:
Junction: Peaks to Plains Trail, just west of the US Hwy 6 underpass, the Peaks to Plains Trail diverges to the north west in the direction of the Gateway parking lot and trailhead.
| Pass under US Highway 6, 6th Avenue.
|
From this point up (west) the trail is called the Grant Terry Trail.
| Pass under US Highway 6, 6th Avenue.
|
Other articles:
Intersection: Magpie Gulch Trail
|
|
Other articles:
Intersection: 6th Avenue Trail
|
|
| Settling Pond
|
Other articles:
|
|
| RV Park
|
Other articles:
|
|
| Lions Park
|
Golden Clear Creek RV Park
|
|
Other articles:
Spur to: Maple Street, and the restrooms.
|
|
Other articles:
Spur to: Illinois Street, north.
|
|
From this point up (west) the trail log is written for the north side of Clear Creek. | Billy Drew Bridge over Clear Creek. Spurs to Illinois Street. From this point down (east) the trail log is written for the south side of the creek.
|
Other articles:
Spur to: Illinois Street, south.
|
|
| Clear Creek History Park
|
Other articles:
Spur to: 11th Street
|
|
Other articles:
Trail passes under Washington Avenue, with Spurs to: Washington Avenue
|
|
Parfet Park is across the creek.
|
|
Other articles:
Trail spur to: Jackson Street
|
|
Other articles:
From this point north, the trail log is written for the south side of Clear Creek.
| Clear Creek Trail passes under Ford Street and also Spurs to: Ford Street
|
Bridge over Clear Creek.
|
|
Other articles:
Earthsmoke (Fumaria vaillantii) growing beside the Clear Creek Trail near the bridge abutment.
|
|
Locations: Vanover Park.
| Vanover Park
|
Other articles:
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
Bridge over Tucker Gulch.
| To continue east on the Clear Creek Trail and the Peaks to Plains Trail, make a left (north) turn, cross 10th Street, and climb along Tucker Gulch to a trail intersection just below CO Highway 58.
|
Intersection: East Street, at end.
|
|
Other articles:
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
Infestation of Hairy Willowherb in Tucker Gulch
| Intersection: East Street, at end.
|
Intersection: 10th and East Street
|
|
Other articles:
Locations:
Tucker Gulch (lower).
Infestation of Hairy Willowherb in the creek between 9th and 10th Streets.
|
|
Spur to: 9th Street
|
|
Pass under bridge at 9th Street.
|
|
Pass under railroad bridge.
|
|
Other articles:
Junction: Tucker Gulch Trail
| To continue down (east) on the Clear Creek Trail, make a sharp right turn and follow along the south side of the Church Ditch.
|
Golden above … |
|
Other articles:
Cross over 44th Avenue.
|
|
Spur to: McIntyre Street, or tunnel under McIntyre Street.
|
If you have a question or a comment you may write to me at:
tas4@schweich.com
I sometimes post interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address.
|
|
Date and time this article was prepared: 7/24/2021 4:31:57 PM |
